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...
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...
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 ...
Julia Sung
Short term rental in NYC via Airbnb
Hello BP members,I am planning to invest in Multi Family House in NYC. My plan is to live in one unit and do short term rentals for the other unit on Airbnb.As I was researching, I came across a short term rental regu...
Steve S.
How often do you check your rentals - smoke detectors etc
Do you do this yourself? How frequently?Do you pay to change out ac filters or expect tenants to do that? How frequently?Do you provide fire extinguisher in each rental?I’m trying to think of any opportunities I hav...