Paul Birkett
Short Sharp Shock? Not so much.....
Mortgage Update: Outlook is not good. The economy continues to shudder to a halt. As I write, lower manhattan looks like a ghost town. My coffee shop typically turns about $1,000/day. As of 15 minutes ago, Carlos had ...
Paul Birkett
Short Sharp Shock? Not so much.....
Mortgage Update: Outlook is not good.The economy continues to shudder to a halt. As I write, lower manhattan looks like a ghost town. My coffee shop typically turns about $1,000/day. As of 15 minutes ago, Carlos had t...
Matthew Wright
Sticker shock on Investment property rates
Hi BP. I am new to the world of real estate investing and am currently in the process of gathering information in hopes of buying my first deal in 2019. My past investments have been fairly conservative and after lo...
Soren Ager
Sticker shock on gas furnace repair
I wanted to share my sticker shock that I had in the world of furnace repair. I might be wrong, and NO I am not looking for a "poor you" its a learning and I wanted to share it. It might be me, that is just not aware,...
Peter Vekselman
Success Rate in Real Estate...Shockingly Low
If you had to guess, what is the success rate in real estate investing? Success being defined by someone being able to live above average lifestyle strictly based upon their earnings in real estate.I bet its below 5%...
Matthew Schroeder
Denver (New Property Tax Assessments) - Sticker Shock?
Dear Denver Area Investors,Anyone else receive their new property tax assessments for the Denver Metro Area and have sticker shock?We have 4 investment properties in Denver/Aurora & the new assessments average a w...
Leon Greene
New York City Newbies With Sticker Shock
Hello everyone,First off, I just wanted to say thanks to the BP community for helping us learn so much about real estate investing. We feel like we have all of the tools and knowledge that is needed to make our first ...
Anand S.
Sticker Shock! Build Cost for High-end Home
Hi Folks,We are in the process of finalizing our plans for a Spec home in Fort Lauderdale. Specifics are:- 4200 SQFT - 3 stories with a rooftop deck- Elevator- 5 Bedrooms- 5 Full baths, 2 Half baths- Requires 30 FT Pi...
David Woz
Tax Sticker shock/ How to value a Duplex
I have a Duplex in Fort Worth near the TCU area. It is on the edge of the residential area that is "good" and the more sketchy part of Fort Worth. The particular area has tons of Single Family, apartments and comme...
Everest Jordan
Closing cost sticker shock !! - $14k , this is real?
So I was given these numbers by my lender that set me up with my pre-approval letter:
Purchase Price - 350k
Down payment - 5% = $17.5k
Closing cost = $14k
Location of unit - Montgomery County, MD (zip 20874)
Is $...