Alex Gruenther
Owner occupant HUD bidding
I found a HUD I wouldn't mind living in after doing a complete rehab. Does anyone have experience with bidding in the OO period? Will they accept lower than asking prices, or just wait until the invested period hopin...
Aida Rivera
Newborn wholesaler
Hello everyone, I am a new wholesaler and have been doing some market research, driving around checking out properties talking to home owners etc. I've even made just a few offers but nothing yet. I feel I do understa...
Wade G.
Owner Finance Question
In 2012 I sold a house by way of owner financing with a seven year balloon. The buyers are now refinancing with a bank and paying me off. The title company wants to know the payoff amount which is easy enough to see...
Haider Zaman
HUD Counter Offer Process
Hey BP Family,I have a question regarding a HUD property that I am bidding on. I placed a bid on a HUD property of around 66% of list price. Just received an email from HUD saying they are putting a counter offer pr...
Daniel H.
Mortgage Principal
Noticed that the principal portion of my mortgage payment went DOWN from Feb to Mar. Looked back over the last year and it kind of jumps around, not always continuously increasing. Called the bank, they said it was ...
Nettles Mason
The Quest for Dynamic Data For Prospecting In Real-Time
I follow a lot of post on this forum about gathering information on motivated sellers and using it for prospecting. The big sites are mentioned (List Source, Zillow, Attom Data API) for sourcing house data. It seems ...
Brendan Miller
How often do you follow up on rejected offers?
I’ve submitted several full price offers in the past month on MFH properties via MLS that I haven’t been successful on. I’m curious how often you (or your agent) follow up on offers with the listing agent prior to clo...
Mark Shafi
** Day In A Life Of A REI **
Hello BiggerPocket Friends!I'm new to real estate investing; truly excited to learn more and get started. I am interested in finding creative ways to take on rentals to build passive income; hopefully, eventually beco...
Scott B.
Big price difference in waikiki condos.
I have been looking at condos in waikiki beach l for potential vacation rental opportunity. I am finding the prices of condos varies dramatically with in even the same zip code. Like $80k to 330k for a 1 bedroom. I’m ...
Nancy Wang
Real Estate Professionals definition by IRS
Any tax guru here can help me confirm this: even I spend more than 750 hours/year on real estate activities (managing my own rentals and being a RE agent), because I have another full time job (computer engineer) so m...