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Hello! I am a first time home buyer in Los Angeles county and I am looking to buy a duplex owner occupied. Most properties I have come across are tenant occupied so I would have to displace a tenant to move in. Has an...
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Hi! My name is Takeshia I live in Memphis,TN and houses are really cheap here and I'm trying to decide whether I should be focusing on buying rentals with seller financing or wholesale to build my funds. I have a dece...
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Hello again fellow BP members,I wanted to say thanks again to everyone who offered input on my question regarding meeting up with other investors in the Dallas area.I'm considering joining a landlord association any m...
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I am landlord/property manager of single family homes in the TampaBay area of Florida. I am also currently a rehabber who buys homes to fix and flip to homebuyers. Looking forward to being a part of this community a...
Hi all,New to the forum, but not to REI...love it here so far. I've done several deals locally in Northern New Jersey, but am thinking of the condo market in Boston, Chicago, etc which will put me in a position of bei...
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I have a prospective renter who looks good on paper (no prior evictions, stability at job, decent income...) The one red flag I think I see is that he is breaking his 24-month lease after 18 months. When I called th...
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Hi all, we closed on our first rental property today (a duplex), and have read all we could preparing for the transition. We have a vacant unit that should be easy to fill, and tenant on a month to month lease. This i...
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Hi BP Community!This is my first post, so please bear with me!I've been listening to the BP podcast, reading the guides, and their recommended books for the past 6 months or so. I have a 10 year goal of purchasing 10 ...
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I am hoping to get some recommendations or contact info. for a broker or agent for Landlord Insurance. I am in North Texas (DFW area) and looking to insure a SFR, 2100 SqFt., 15 yrs old. Not sure what else to list tha...
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Here's a stunner at least to me. Last night my associate Todd attended an REIA mtg in Chicagoland. The presenter told the group of a closing halted by the City of Hanover Park that placed an $18K lien on this landlo...