Jake Engle
Monitoring subs through surveillance
My partner and I are currently building our fix and flip business plan and are hoping to get our first rehab in the next month or two. He will be responsible for the rehab and working with the contractors. I will be a...
William Hochstedler
Request: Better search functionality
BP is a great resource that I am relying on more and more for direction on many questions.I have noticed recently that when searching for a topic like lending (not purchasing) with an IRA, I get hundreds of results wi...
Anthony Loiodice
Rent to retirement review
I finally made the big decision in purchasing my first rental property. I heard about rent to retirement from the bigger pockets podcasts. After a few weeks of crunching numbers and contemplating scheduling a call, I...
Mike Saidi
Appraisal Values
In Houston, Texas sale price for every house in market is about 30% over the appraisal value. Is it still good idea to buy rental property? and If it is should you estimate that the house future value will be raised b...
Ayaz Noor
Hello from Pennsylvania!
Hi!
My name is Ayaz and I recently got into REI thanks to a friend at work. I have no experience in investing in real estate at all, and I'm hoping to learn by browing this site and reading a book or two on the subj...
Alex Tang
DCA Payment Standards as proxy for market rent?
Hi,What are people's opinion on using the DCA Payment Standards as a proxy for market rent? For my first rental property I was relying on rentometer, but according the latest DCA guidelines, I may be underpricing it b...
Patrick Philip
How to find off market hotels?
I want to start buying hotels. I know I can't just rely on the retail sites. Should I just mail owners?
Dean West
Zillow "Price my Rental" Tool No Longer Showing Leased Properties
Hello BP Community,I have been relying on Zillow's "Price my Rental" tool (via their Rental Manager site) to help me price rentals within a 2 mile radius of a target property. The benefit of this tool was that not on...
Hunter Robertson
Finding distressed properties
What, where, and how can I easily find distressed homes to get a good deal on to wholesale?
I've been to my local courthouse, local newspaper, and banks to try and find tax delinquent houses or pre and already forec...
Bryan Inman
Help with Rent/Sell Decision
Hello BP,BLUF: Trying to decide to sell or rent: Monthly pmt (PITI): $1356Possible Rental amt: $1700-1800Owe $175,000 @ 3.625%Value $234,500Would use a property manager. House was built in 2006. Everything in the hous...