Joseph W Deleguardia
Tips & Advice when meeting with an agent to buy my first deal NY
Hey everyone,First time posting on the forums, big fan of biggerpockets podcast, listen to it every morning at work! I'm currently going to look at my first ever deal to buy a duplex here in Rochester, NY. I am meetin...
Raechelle Carroll
The 5 Best Pieces of Advice I Can Give
As a newbie investor (been around the business for 25 years but just got started on my own) there is no shortage of advice from "seasoned" investors. Every place you turn there is someone waiting to tell you some "ex...
Erick Sembrano
Conventional loan Owner Occupied 2Fam - is low DP ~5% exists?
My wife and I are currently looking for our next house hack and searching for a 2 family in the Greater Boston Area and surrounding cities north of Boston, Massachusetts. Previously when we bought our first owner occu...
Shawn Dandridge
Who Pays for HVAC Service Call?
My tenant contacted me late last night saying the heat wasn't blowing upstairs but it was downstairs. As this used to be my primary residence I immediately knew it was the dampers. I asked the tenant if they checked t...
Aaron Anderson
Analysis of Foreclosure Flip - First Deal!
Hey everyone! My wife and I have been looking for a new Primary Residence to do a live and flip over the course of 1-2 years (Don't have the cash to flip super quickly). A foreclosure has come up that I have run the ...
Cheryl C.
Buying a "short" and the previous owner wants to rent it.
I hope this is the right forum. I have a contract on a short that I am pretty sure will go thru. The current owner wants to be my tenant. Can I lease to him? Is this considered some sort of fraud/collusion? I don...
Sean Tippens
$8000 paint quote for a 750sq ft home???.....
We have a small 750sq ft single family home that we have completely renovated. Started getting quotes for paint and I was shocked!!!! This does include interior and exterior with trim. But still, $8000!!!!! How do y’a...
Andrew Ramler
Rules for Tenants(duplex, fourplex)
I own a fourplex (house hacked) and am about to close on 5 duplexes. I have been wanting to make a property/tenant rule book for my property and now that I am buying the duplexes I really think it's important. I start...
Lori Edelman
To sell or to keep my condo?
I bought a 1 bedroom condo in 2005 for $135k. It’s just outside of Philly on the “Main Line”. It’s an affluent area with blue ribbon schools in a great location within walking distance to town and the train station in...
Nick Vehr
Tenant never moved in do I keep the deposit?
Just wanted some insight on this. My tenenant became very needy, and began requesting weird things, (all new windows on house, deposit back, discount on first months rent) because the house was "Unlivable" with screen...