Bryan H.
Was your LLC put to the test?
There is always much debate on if an LLC is needed. I have one. Only because someone told me to hold my properties in it for protection. I paid a lawyer to draft it and I signed it, and filed it away. I read most o...
J. Martin
Lifestyle Design - What is it and how does it impact you?
@Ali Boone , @Charles McNelly, and others have talked about lifestyle design, and how it fits into their real estate investing - or should I say, how their real estate investing fits into their lifestyle design. I've ...
Mark Douglas
Property management unnecessary , even while working full ti.....
Looks like my 1st property will be an FHA owner-occ quadplex. I've heard time and time again that there's no need to hire out property management for this small multifamily. What I'm unsure of is how I would handle ...
Waverly Rennie
Ellicott City MD contractor charging >$300 sqft for rehab
Our architect has done a good job helping us draw up plans to rehab a wing of an 1880 property (including some tear down and re-creating) and suggested working with one of the three contractors he often uses. The cont...
Deborah Burian
Craigslist Experiment - Old dog trying new tricks...
We are within one property of our goal for SFH, buy-and-holds. That makes this year the year to focus on cash flow and I am spending the time I normally spend on buying/renovating focusing on improving cash flow by ...
Isaac Galli
FHA & 203K vs conventional loan for multifamily house hack
Question: Is an FHA or 203K loan better than a conventional loan for purchasing your first multifamily property?Hello!I just got off the phone with a mortgage loan officer. Backstory: My plan is to obtain pre-approval...
Scott Loud
Information needed from investor to contractor
Hello, as a newbie to this game I’ve been reading all the books. They all have a uniform theme that contractors can be one of the trickiest members of your team find. David Greene’s book does well to describe the ques...
Patrick Liska
security Deposit and Property Managers
Try to make this short and to the point. I have a realtor/ Property Management co that manages my properties in Pennsylvania. recently another real estate/ property management co. bought them out and merged but kept t...
Andrew Wong
How is Fresno's market?
Hi BPer's of Fresno!I'm starting out in my journey in REI and am looking at several markets. I'm currently residing in San Jose, CA. As you guys know the state of affairs, I'd rather not invest in that area since it d...
John Teachout
Scammed by identity of new tenant
This is a new one to us. We just rented a new to us house. The person filled out the application and I ran a full background check on them. Credit and employment history came back positive. I called the listed previou...