Jacob Scholes
House hack while married? duplexes hard to find in bay area.
My Wife and I are looking for a home to House Hack, but with a limited supply of Multi Unit Properties in the Area we have been mainly looking at Single Family homes.One idea we've had is to convert a Garage into a se...
Jason Piccirillo
1st deal is on its way
Im closing on my first deal in about 2 weeks. I purchased a HUD condo for 32,500. Should rent for about 1150-1200 a month. After rehab value should be right around 65k. The property needs minimal rehab. I'm paying cas...
Franco Li
Stop comparing the current housing market to 2008!
Real estate prices in certain areas are outrageous, and I'm hearing a lot of bears out there pining for a housing market crash before getting in. For all you bears, consider this: the real estate market in 2008 is les...
Lance Barnett
Bank financing for mobile homes
I'm looking at flipping a 1992 manufactured home/mobile home. My concern is that I invest time and money into rehabing house and then go to sell and it turns out to be hard for buyers to get financing for it because i...
Crystal Presnell
creative rental options
hello my friends at BP, I am trying to help my best friend with creative rental advice and I really don't have very much rental experience. The issue is she recently got married and moved in to her husband house. She ...
Cory Mickler
Can I replace porch railings that are placed in a cement porch?
I would really like to update my SFR and put in a new railing around the porch since the current enclosure is rusting out but the fencing is cemented into the porch. can I remove the railings without damaging the porc...
Minna Reid
Ceiling pattern issue
I ripped half a ceiling in a rehab, and have now resheetrocked and need to finish. problem is the original half of the ceiling has a popcorn finish, but its got a swirly pattern to it. I need to have the whole ceiling...
Matt Hatton
Cold calling nervousness
Cold called 50 potential sellers today for the first time and can’t help but think i sounded absolutely horrible. Fumbling over words, probably lost a couple deals, and got about 10 people to hang up on me. I definite...
Sid Montero
Downpayment Question on SFH Rental
My lender says I have to put down 25% because it's my first investment property. Is he correct? I thought it was only 20%.
Aaron Smith
Removing Paint from Hardwood Floors
I'm in the process of fixing the house up for a rental. I removed the old carpet because i wanted to go with hardwood floors through out the house. When I removed the carpet I found out that I had a lot of areas on ...