Bienes Raices
Has anyone been through a garage reconversion?
I made an offer on an REO that has an unpermitted garage to bedroom conversion. If my offer is accepted, I want to convert it back to a garage.
The county told me that house has no current fines on it for code violat...
Jason Malabute
getting reconnected to my why
I have been struggling with waking up at 430 am in the last 2 weeks. I keep on pressing the snooze button. I think my mind is doing this because people have been complimenting me for the 3 SFH I own and the action I h...
Stefan D.
Pittsburgh - Estimating Rental Property Repairs
How much do yinz budget for repairs and capex for single family rentals from the early 1900's in the Pittsburgh area? Rules of thumb such as 5% of gross rent for repairs, and 5-7% for capex seem optimistically low fo...
Michael Wolfe
Relationship Lending, 100% financing, and direct lending. Do these deals happen?
I am an entrepreneur that has spent the past 2 years studying real estate investing and started my business in July. I have heard of "relationship lending" and private lenders that work directly with investors with t...
Vann Calhoune
Finding leads in KCMO
Hey everyone, I have been looking for leads for the past few weeks. Does anyone know of the best ways to find leads?I have tried driving for dollars and looked online at sites like craigslist for deals. I have been he...
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Hello from a Cincy, Ohio NOOB
Hey Folks!!
I've been a 'lurker" for some time on these forums. I have been interested in Real estate for a while now, but recently in the past 2 -3 yrs has the desire came back to me.
I first wanted to do real est...
Xavier Mc holder
Hard money lending investing
A Blog on BP gave the following example:The after repaired value (ARV) of a potential property is $200,000 and you can purchase it for $100,000 and it needs $30,000 in repair costs. In addition you have to consider th...
Michael Seeker
Prospective Tenant Asking about Renting as an LLC or Co.
I had a prospective tenant (actually it appears to be her employer) who asked about renting an apartment in the company name. Still no info on the company, but has anybody ever been in this situation? Should I co...
Dede Christensen
This will bury Hawaii RE investing
http://hawaiitribune-herald.com/news/local-news/visitor-industry-wary-proposed-education-surcharge
$7.50 per 1000 property tax on investment and vacation properties over $2m! This will destroy the Hawaii real estate...
Judith Ruiz-Marin
Wholesaling property questions ???
Hello everyone , I'm from Oklahoma City I'm planning on getting into wholesaling. I was reading couple of BP post and notice that wholesaling is not legal everywhere. Where do I need to go to find out if it's legal in...