Collin Hays
Beware of "land for sale" scams
A fellow contributor here, John Carbone, sent me a link yesterday to a lot for sale in the Smokies. The price certainly seemed reasonable. It so happened that I know the owner of the lot. He is one of our homeowner...
Tommy B.
Realtor... Not sure how to take this.
I contacted my realtor a few weeks ago to discuss my ideas. I've used her to buy and sell my first home and to buy my second home. Since then I sent her a couple addresses, which she never replied to. Then last week I...
Bryan Clement
Contractors: How to get them to make you their priority!
Hello, When you are a property manager that has to have third-party contractors, what do you do to have them make you a priority? Contractors are notoriously busy, and when you have a limited amount of time to turn a ...
Joel Owens
Multifamily Getting Frothy - The end is near.
MULTIFAMILY FROTHYSo I have been saying this for years now. The cap rates multifamily is trading at is crazy.Lot's of sellers pushing the idea of never ending above historical market rent growth and little to no vacan...
Jenni G.
Fees, I understand but does this seem excessive to anyone else?
The required security deposit/move-in fee of $2795.00 breaks down as follows:Non-refundable administrative fee of $100.00--I get kind of like the $299 dealer doc fee a car dealership charges(Isn't that a part of busin...
Sandy Uhlmann
Evaluating Tapes of Non-Performing Notes
As a note newbie, the entire process of going through non-performing tapes seems a bit overwhelming. I was wondering if anyone has advice on how they do their preliminary process in order to rule out some of the note...
Briana Petry
Cali Resident Buying Out of State
Hello,
I'm a newbie to real estate investing, I've been doing research but this stuff can definitely be intimidating. I live in California and buying here is not an option for me right now which leads me to out of st...
Alexander Kleyman
Seller is stalling on a full price offer, thoughts?
Hey guys I am new and wanted to hear feed back on your BS’ometer about response from seller who is stalling on an offer.Saturday we put a full price offer on a duplex property(unoccupied), and right before a 48hr mark...
Manley Woods
Purchasing Older Properties
I’m looking to purchase some rental property in the Saint Louis, MO area but the majority of the properties in my price range are older (built in 1910’s to 1930’s). Has anyone had any positive or negative experiences ...
Taylor Burns
House Hacking Denver
What's up BP! I am just getting started in the real estate game out in Denver Co. I am still just working on building up as much knowledge as I can. I want my first step to be getting into a house hack set up. I am lo...