Hello, I live in Montgomery County, MD and about 3 month ago I rented my basement to a single lady. I gathered one month security deposit and first month rent at the day of moving. After the first month she stopped p...
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I have a $150,000 equity line that I can borrow from. I have two properties that I am currently looking at. Property A is a 13 unit apartment complex and Property B is a 5 unit apartment complex.
Property A i...
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I'm kind of out of the loop on the REO scene since I bought my two properties in January and haven't made any offers since.
I've been told recently by someone that there are bidding wars on Fannie Mae properties now...
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Hi everyone, It's Friday night and I all my adrenaline is zapped. I am about to lose twenty thousand dollars b/c my mortgage contingency expired and my two private money lenders flipped the script on their terms at th...
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I need advice or someone to talk me off the edge of the cliff. My tenant had been one month behind in rent since August of 2014. I realize this is my fault for renting with a heart instead of a business purpose and ...
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I’m interested in hearing everyone’s best piece of real estate advice they ever received.
I’ll start: “Speak softly, and carry a big portfolio!”
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Take a look at this graph:What do you see?What RECENT "buy" opportunities do you see in the overall market?When do you think it was more difficult to find a "deal" on real estate, in 2011 or 2019? How about today?It's...
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Yes, this is an angry kind of post. I don't have much patience or sympathy towards the annual flood of "Terrific End-of-Year Tips to Cut Your Taxes" webinars, podcasts, articles and whatnot. You want a sample of this ...
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Hello BP! I have a question for the group and was hoping to generate a discussion around this topic. Disclaimer – I am an instructor pilot in the Navy and not a real estate professional – so take everything with a gra...
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Let's say you are a brand new investor. You are 40 years old and you have a family. You have $80K in your savings account, and you decide you want to invest in real estate.
Knowing what you know now, what would you...