John Coulter
Does and HOA have to disclosure prior to trustee sale?
Hi, new to BP and love what I'm seeing so far! I'm an AZ-licensed RE agent and have a question that nobody seems to have an answer for (except possibly an attorney).Situation: Auction.com is having an upcoming forecl...
Jennifer Irwin
Zombie foreclosure in Texas
First of all, I had never heard of a "zombie foreclosure" until I started researching. I have found a vacant house in my parents neighborhood which I am very interested in purchasing as a home for myself. Both as ...
Chris Martin
?Thinking of an investment in a hedge fund?
Now that the hedge fund managers are ready to cash out on their SFR rampage, I wanted to take a look at some of their numbers. Is it a deal or no deal? Here is a quick, back of the envelope analysis, based on the a...
Ryan Moore
How to handle: while closing on MF, tenant moves out, deposit??
Closing on my first property, a 4-unit multifamily in Phoenix. At inspection it was noted that one of the units wasn't in the best shape. The lease shows that $350 was collected for the deposit. During the appraisa...
Mark Gibbs
A Note Story - Summary of a note buying experience
Hey Bigger Pockets-I wanted to post a summary of my latest note investment since I have been seeing a lot of posts about notes and how to get into them. I will start out by saying there are a lot of experienced note i...
Braedie A.
WA Lien Filled by a scandalous contractor, how can I remove the lien?
We had a homeowners insurance claim, insurance only partly paid the contractor and deemed them over charging and not following industry standards. The contractor put a lien on this property for a dollar amount over th...
Eric Long
Why are we Sleeping on Puerto Rico?
I have searched BP forums in a few ways to see what the chatter is about Puerto Rico and the posts that pop up are old. Very surprising. I understand that PR is kind of USA territory but kind of not - which will under...
Daniel Burbol
New To Note Investing? Here's where we started...
1st of all, I'm not a pro. My wife and I are just getting started with Notes --but we threw ourselves into learning as much as we could in 30 days before going to the Note Investor's Summit 2015 in San Diego (so we w...
William Shadbolt
Hard Money Terms for me to lend
I have a friend (and third owner of some of my rentals) who would like me to do a hard money loan to buy an REO for him to rehab and flip. He's looking for 10% interest, six month balloon (interest payable at close o...
Bill Hinshaw
Our First Flip
Purchase price - $255,000Expected rehab - $80,000Expected ARV - $425,000Actual rehab/carrying costs - $155,000Actual sell price - $525,000Profit - $76,400Time to complete – 7 months to get on market, 9 months to close...