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Venting about Measure Y
I am the owner occupier of a triplex in Oakland. I would like to renovate one of my units, redoing the electrical (because it's painfully out of date), and redo the plumbing in that portion of the house before it beco...
Rohan J.
What is the typical 50/50 deal of a silent partner?
Okay, here's the situation:I have a partner who wants to invest, but basically is relying on me to find the good deal. I see a lot of these 50/50 deals where there is someone who has the money, and someone who has the...
Neil Hauger
Lost my earnest, lost the deal. Buyer walks away un-scathed!! :-(
Today I learned a hard lesson. I thought I had a deal done. All cash offer on full asking price. Purchase agreement was signed. Earnest money was to be deposited with my Broker. Instead, the buyers agent said, "i...
P.J. Bremner
It may be time to lawyer up, anyone else come across this before?
Hello BP,It's always fun posting stuff on here and hearing what everyone has say, but i'm afraid this post isn't quite as pleasant. Nonetheless i'm sure there are lessons to be had here and I would greatly appreciate...
Jane S.
Angry sellers not returning earnest money
This is not my first time finding out that a property I had UC had too many deferred conditions. But it's the first time I'm not getting my earnest money back.The sellers accused me of acting in bad faith. However, th...
Hunter Rademacher
House Hack/Renting out per room
Newbie here starting out, that is about graduate college and is looking into buying a multi family to house hack. The certain house I am looking at has 4 beds upstairs then 2 downstairs. I would live in downstairs whi...
Ginger Spurlin
Listed as a 4-3 but really a 3-2
Is the seller/agent accountable if they list a property as a 4-3 but the renovation/addition of the fourth bed and third bath was not permitted work, therefor, it is still a 3-2 in the tax records and the appraiser d...
James Kandasamy
Best Strategy for 1 year Wealth Building for Buy&Hold, Fix&Flip and Wholesaling
I was trying to do some analysis on different RE strategies between Buy&Hold, Fix&Flip and Wholesaling. The assumption i made was
- 10 house with equity capture of 25K for both Buy/Hold and Fix&Fl...
Victor Drazen
Becoming licensed as a Mortgage Loan Officer and also as RE Agent
Hello,This is my first post, so I hope it complies with the rules. I've been doing a lot of digging and reading everything I can. I am about to close and acquire on my first multi-family investment property (Hartford,...
Daniel Quezada
Winning the Property Wars with Doug Hopkins-Seminar Disgrace
2-3 weeks ago i attended a Free Seminar- Winning the property wars with doug hopkins (he wasn't there). Im so Eager to start a Career in Real Estate investing so i thought there was no loss in coming. I would give it ...