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Hey BPers, me and and a friend (or more) are looking to buy, rehab, and rent out condos and houses in the Arlington, Texas area. One way we've examined doing things is equal partnerships, everyone puts in and gets out...
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This is an attempt at a non-technical explanation. I intentionally use rounded percentages and simplified formulas, making the numbers incorrect. The purpose is to merely illustrate the idea as simple as possible. Als...
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Greetings,
I was wondering what your typical insurance premiums were for the area you live in? In KC I'm looking at 1 percent of the purchase price. I read today the percent should be closer to .5 percent. ...
Got a fantastic quote from a contractor from the neighborhood that approached me when I purchased my first rental. Stupidly gave him 50% up front for "materials", then he went dark for a month and later found out he ...
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I successfully received a judgement from PA court of Delaware county on my tenant who owes me $12K. Don't know if i will ever get anything from the dad put his 21 year old son on the lease, so he is also on the judgem...
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I currently own a 3 family in Taunton. It is all section 8 and so far it has been a good experience. So, this year, I am looking to buy a few more properties with section 8 in mind.That made me wonder... how do Sect...
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My husband and I jointly own 3 buildings with residential financing in our personal names. We also own 15 buildings (50/50) in our LLC. The problem we are running into is that our investment properties with residenti...
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I have always offered 4% agent commission on the sales of my flips and personal residences (7 deals and counting) and have been able to get over asking price on 5 out of the 7. I have been told by a few real estate ag...
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I would like to hear from long time rental property investors what things you believe are important in a homeowners insurance policy? What specific item coverage on the policy should be increased or decreased to have ...
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I currently own 7 Class C and D properties (13 units) in two different markets. Everything was fine until the pandemic hit. Tenants were paying on time, and I had minimum issues. For the purpose of this post , I will ...