Sherry Norman
Too expensive to get cedar shakes painted?
Hi everyone,I'm in the process of purchasing a house on short sale. It is sided with natural cedar shakes. Here in the damp-ish climate of NJ, the shakes turn an unattractive kind of black after years of weather exp...
Zachary Phelan
Mobile Home Park Finacing
Hello All! My partner and I have a great deal on a mobile home park. We are working with a local bank and everything is progressing smoothly! We will buy a second park immediately from the seller and more to follow af...
Dan Brindley
Landlords: Did You Ever Wish You Invested in the Stock Market Instead?
I know at times you may have wanted to rip your hair out (or maybe not) from dealing with tenants, or going through high vacancy periods, to maybe doing a bad deal on a house.
Did you ever think investing in the sto...
Barak Hamdani
Investing in Denver? or out of state? How to invest $400K?
Hello all,My partner and I are interested in real estate investments (we have some experience, not a lot...). I live in Denver. My partner lives in NJ. We have about $400K in cash (so assuming a 25% DP, we are talking...
Roy Marks
Advice needed to prepare for as-is sale - West Hartford, CT
Hi everyone,
My parents have owned a 3bd/1ba investment property in West Hartford, CT for 20 years. The property has been rented for nearly this entire time.
The house has a good amount of deferred maintenance, is n...
Rich Hupper
Lets hear from the self employed
On this forum ive noticed a good chunk of people have w2 income who are investing for the first time or becoming seasoned investors almost ready to give up their w2 job.It seems like it is easier to get started in the...
Petr Anisimov
To prorate or not to prorate on a wrap loan
We are buying a property from a wholesaler in Albuquerque, New Mexico and the following issue has arisen. Is it normal that rent and mortgage payment does not get prorated at closing? The wholesaler says that it would...
Steven Westlake
Does anyone use finger print scanner locks?
Has anyone tried those finger print scan locks? It seems there are a few pluses: 1. Im not spending money to replace locks when they move. 2. No lost keys. 3. No copying keys to tenants not on the lease. 4. Would crea...
Don Konipol
My Airbnb Disaster! Be;ow
Well, before I go into that, I will tell you that I’ve been on both sides of the STR equation. In 2015 my daughter and I ran a company in NYC that rented apartments on 12 month leases and then “Airbnb” ‘d them from 1...
Steve Lawson
Need Help in Deciding Exterior Paint Color for my new Fix & Flip in Indianapolis!
This will be our new fix and flip property. Trying to decide if I should:1) Paint the exterior, if so, what color?2) Keep it as it is?What do you think?