Jenny Scott
Is this a valid alternative for my vacation cabin?
I have a vacation cabin in mountains that our family used to go pretty often for summer break, vacations and holidays. But now we go there less and less often, we are thinking about if there is any way to use it to br...
Brian P.
Alabama Privilege Tax
Hi everyone. Been investing in the Huntsville area for the last few years and really love it. Big fan of Alabama overall. One of the few idiosyncrasies that I find problematic in AL is the Alabama Business Privileg...
Tyler Jenkins
Should I put my wife and I on the llc even though she is our agent?
We are about to start an llc to start investing in real estate(wholesaling, rehabing, buy and holds). My wife is a REA and will list our houses that we flip in the future. Is this a conflict of interest? Should I just...
Vanessa Deluca
Inspection before contract
Hi...I have a couple questions. 1. I am just about to list another property I have. I have a friend who is a realtor who has a buyer..however, he has told me that the person may want an inspection prior to writing th...
Mark Costa
Are these conflicting priorities?
Are the following goals in conflict with each other:Goal A: Prioritize paying off your primary residence. Goal B: Save as much cash as possible so you are ready to BUY when recession hits.At first these goals seemed m...
Tim Samples
I screwed up, could use some advice.
I tool over the keys of my first short term rental this week and posted it and got a 4 bookings which is great. However I was careless and didnt fully understand the transition process and didn't realize the previous...
Kevin Auyong
Calculating dti for home loan, does rent factor in?
I currently pay $1700 a month for rent.Based on buying a house my mortgage, taxes, and insurance would come out to about $1300 a month.When looking at my DTI for qualifying for a mortgage, does the lower cost for hous...
Oladimeji Sonibare
Filtering based on demographics
Greetings, All,I'm working on my first investment property, and, from what I've gathered from BP, the first step is to identify my market. Part of that includes assessing the demographics of the city/state I'd like to...
Matthew McManus
REAL ESTATE AGENT & HOME INSPECTOR AT THE SAME TIME ???
I just got my Real Estate License and now I'm going to get my Home Inspection License. Can anyone tell me what to expect Salary Wise if I do both Real Estate Sales and Home Inspections ?? I do know that this can be lo...
Jason Lippe
Trying to get educated
Hello fron NJ, in beginning stages of researching real eatate investing, i see being a realtor or a realtor assistant, to have access to MLS seems very important. All state laws differ a little it seems. I am not posi...