Ralph R.
Frank Dodd and new construction financing and Trump
As everybody knows there is a huge shortage of inventory in many areas of the country. I have been able to stay ahead of this shortage by investing in different areas. Most of these areas have had big rent increases...
Tom La Rosa
New House, Broken Sewer Line, Legal Problem, What to do ?
To make a long story short . . . .I bought a house 2 months ago, I just had the sewer line video scoped. There is a break in it, with tree roots inside.It has become apparent the previous owner knew about it and did n...
Andrew Sime
Any All Cash investors out there? Buy and Hold
I am shocked to see how few members prefer investing with cash only, no leverage. My current strategy is to buy a house or 2 each year for the next 7 years all cash. This should position my family to cover all of ou...
Ross M.
First-time STR - looking in and around Wilmington, NC
Hi all,This post is to introduce myself and get involved with the BP community. My wife and I are NC residents near Durham and are finally ready to invest in real estate. We have owned 3 primary residences and sold 2 ...
Steven Tawresey
Nobody from x is actually from x. Solve for x.
Former X's...DenverSeattlePortlandI've watched each of these cities kill it, first hand. And all of them had the same phenomenon... no one grew up here. I'm sure many other cities have seen or are seeing the same thin...
Prabhakaran Subramanian
Appraisal came back with different SQFT than the listing
Hi,
Recently i bought a house. As part of appraisal, appraisal came back with different SQFT than the listing.
House was advertised as 2006 SQFT and tax record / Builder doc shows the same. Appraisal report shows h...
Account Closed
First Flip in Savannah GA
Good afternoon BP! So it is a little early to call a success story but I couldn't find a better place to post a "my first flip" forum. After a lot of research my business partner and I purchased a house to flip in the...
Danny Taylor
Dealing with questionable ethics among real estate agents
Hey guys! We have a question that we are having a hard time coming to terms with. The problem is that we live and invest in a small rural community. Every time we have offered on a house we hear that the seller mag...
Brian Burke
It’s 2019–Whatcha gonna do about it?
Last year I posted a thread “It’s 2018–Whatcha Gonna Do About It?” and it got a lot of great response. So why not do it again? Every year around this time I see threads on BP asking about your goals for the coming n...
Austin Wolff
Is building new always better than buying?
Building a new SFH (and then holding it as a rental) appears to be a better option than buying an existing SFH. If you build (via managing a general contractor), you should (ideally) know more about how the property w...