John Miller
HUD has Kept My $5,000 EMD
In March of 2012 I attempted to buy a HUD foreclosure house. The house was misrepresented as a 2 bath home and had extensive damage not shown on HUD’s inspection or appraisal. After I had my inspection completed I can...
Kin Meng Sio
Newbie way to find out what out-of-state market to invest in
Hi all, just joined Bigger Pockets and I'm excited to connect with all of you! I'm working in the tech industry in Seattle and I'm trying to start doing out-of-state BRRRR, as Seattle is too expensive to start with.Th...
Ryan L.
Do you guys use BP Smart Move for tenant screening?
Hey guys,
Do you use biggerpockets.smartmove.com for your tenant screening? If so, how do you like it compared to others? If not, why not and who do you use? I used it for my prop and it seemed to work really well. W...
Mindy Jensen
Known Sex Offender Liability - Are Landlords Responsible?
I've seen a couple of sex offender threads recently, and saw several people mention that a landlord can be responsible if they knowingly rent to someone and they re-offend.Attorneys of BiggerPockets, is this true?
Frank Lodge
Bookkeeping do it yourself or hire
Hi BP members, am hoping the brilliant minds here can help me out once again. I did a search in the forum on bookkeeping and only three questions came up on bookkeeping none of which got a reply so here goes the fourt...
James Bell
Auction.com
Wow, I'm dealing with Auction.com on one of their real estate wonders and I just have to shake my head. They want me to sign a contract without a legal description! The representative claims most of their deals don...
Nathan Gesner
Mortgage foreclosure, $400,000 in state/federal tax liens
We rarely have foreclosures in my area and there's never enough meat on the bones. I finally saw one that looks promising, but it looks less promising now that I've researched it.ARV is $400,000, house is standing and...
Abhishek Banerjee
Househacking in the Bay Area
Hi all,
Long term BP member but infrequent poster. I currently rent in SF (SoMa) but starting to consider a MF purchase in Q1 using a FHA loan. The idea would be to move into one unit while renting the other(s). I do...
Ali Boone
Calling all the Pilots on BiggerPockets!
Where are all the pilots on here?! I know you are out there because a lot of you message me. I'd love to connect with all the pilots I haven't heard from though, and I think it is a really fun little niche of the Bigg...
Diane Calderaro
Anyone heard of realpro?
Has anyone done business with "realpro"? I'm interested in a property they have, but not sure if they're on the up and up. I receive daily emails from them. It seems like they're wholesalers on some deals and others s...