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William C. Tenant accidently burned the oven tray
7 October 2013 | 26 replies

Tenant accidentally burned the oven tray (the big tray/draw on the bottom of the oven). It was caused by the previous owner left a huge meat bone (undiscovered) in the bottom shelf (the tenant are all Vegetaria...

David Stone Our REAL first rental (by accident)
18 March 2019 | 2 replies

Investment Info:

Single-family residence buy & hold investment in Shelton.

Purchase price: $155,000

Cash invested: $2,000

Sale price: $231,500

We purchased this home after moving back from De...

Steven Tran My first investment came on accident
16 February 2021 | 4 replies

Investment Info:

Small multi-family (2-4 units) buy & hold investment in Vancouver.

Purchase price: $675,000

Cash invested: $33,750

I purchased a 4plex under FHA, with one unit reserved for my pa...

Jimmy Moncrief My First Deal Was By Accident
27 November 2014 | 1 reply

My first rental deal was my own house.  I simply bought another house, moved into it and rented my current house out.I figured it was a lot easier to rent out AND if it didn't work out I could always sell it.That was ...

Brandon Hicks 1st Wholesale (and by accident at that)!!
14 December 2015 | 3 replies

I'm primarily a buy and hold guy and currently have 42 units. I did one flip in 2008 and that was somewhat accidental as well. Recently I was contacted by a friend on Facebook after blasting my craigslist ad across my...

Christopher Colbert First Deal was an Accident, I Promise
12 August 2019 | 0 replies

Investment Info:

Single-family residence buy & hold investment in Landover Hills.

Purchase price: $108,000

House-hacked first home after purchasing a second home. Tenant occupied continuously since ...

Laith Faouri 1st BRRRR Strategy That Started By Accident
22 August 2019 | 0 replies

Investment Info:

Single-family residence buy & hold investment in Coolbaugh Township.

Purchase price: $55,000

Cash invested: $20,000

Privacy and Pride of Ownership! LOW Taxes. Entire home interio...

Laith Faouri 1st BRRRR Strategy That Started By Accident
22 August 2019 | 0 replies

Investment Info:

Single-family residence buy & hold investment in Coolbaugh Township.

Purchase price: $55,000

Cash invested: $20,000

4 bedrooms, 2 baths, fireplace in living room and master bedro...

James Lord Some of the best ideas are accidents.
17 April 2020 | 4 replies

In 1968, a Minnesota based company was trying to invent a new type of adhesive and did, although they initially believed it to be somewhat worthless. The inventor, a chemist by the name of Spencer Silver had invented ...

Zach Hoereth BRRRR by accident in last semester of college?
27 February 2020 | 1 reply

If I could solely rely on compensation for each time a new investor approached me about doing a BRRRR I could stop selling real estate. Hopefully this sheds some light on running a BRRRR full cycle. ;) Overview: Initi...