Douglass Belt
renew current tenant??
I have a SFH (in another state from which I live) which has been rented to the same tenant for two years. Single mother, 1 child. the lease comes due this summer, and wondering if I should renew her or look for som...
Andreas Mueller
Interest rates Higher for Longer? Good.
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Amber Stevens
Trustee Sale Confusion
I'm planning to go to an auction soon for a Trustee Sale. I'm confused by what I'm bidding on though. The Public Notice says " You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself". I've run a title search and...
Chand P.
How to lend huge amount to a friend?
Hi,This is my first post here and please be easy on me.One of my friend need money for his business activity and none of the professional bankers won't lend him money due to his tax filing situation, loan to debt rati...
Dave Meyer
What Are Your Financial Interests Outside Real Estate?
As usual we're hard at work at BP trying to create better tools and content for our members. We'd love your input about what financial content you like to consume in addition to real estate. This survey should only ta...
Swetha Ramaiah
Rookie investor looking for Out of state investing and Mentorship
Hi all, I reside in Bay Area, CA with a full time job in tech and been 2 months since I started reading and breathing BP podcasts/books on real estate. I did some research on out of state markets and some practice dea...
David L.
Is it legal to put a dividing wall(s) in a SFH to rent out a portion of it?
If I have a house that's too big for me and I want to househack and rent it out to a tenant but want privacy and no shared space, is it legal to put up a dividing wall and possibly another external door so the house i...
Sheri Ulm
Tenant moved, left personal items in unit in Ohio. What next?
Hello. I have a rental in Ohio that 2 tenants were splitting the rent on. One of the tenants possibly has some mental issues. Both tenants were using a Help Crisis Center to pay their bills and my rent checks were com...
Andrey Y.
Does anyone have any problem offering full price...?
Does anyone have any problem offering full price straight off for a place, if you think/know its a good deal and know it financially makes sense? Or do you hesitate because you give up any negotiation potential and al...
Carl Kahkonen
amount of fee for assigning a deal versus doing a double close on a deal.
What would a fee be for assigning a wholesale deal versus doing a double close on a deal. Would you make more money doing a double close versus assigning.