David Sanford
Cheap houses in blah neighborhoods
So, there are many houses within about 30 minutes of where I prefer to invest that are all $40k and under and generally move in ready or need around $5k to bring them up to par. Issue is that these houses are in rath...
Onan Dumas
Business/Lot Wholesale Value Help
Hey BP I hope everyone reading this is having a great weekend so far.
My mom referred over to me a lady who sold my parents 2 lots for their business many years ago and is looking to offload some properties, ...
Brad James
Newbie confused on shorts - procedures
i just read up on this today by a guy with one one those "get rich over night" packages that every investor in the country offers now. Anyway, he was saying how you can talk the lender down before it is in foreclosur...
Justin Foster
2% Rule vs. Rule of Two
I'm reading a free book on REI from http://iloverealestate.tv/ in which the author talks about a rule she made up called the Rule of Two. In this, you divide the purchase price by 1,000 and multiple that by 2 in order...
Jeff S.
Section 8 charge what they will pay?
Haven't done a sec 8 for many years and now have an applicant. I just lowered my asking rent. If it is below what sec 8 pays can I ask for the higher amount? After all it is worth more with all the hassles. Would p...
Jordyn Rodriguez
Determining Rent Amount
I am awaiting my pre-approval so I can purchase my first investment property, this might be a dumb question but once I have a property how do I determine how much I can rent the house for?
David Puente
Out of state rentals & professional property management
BP community, BLUF: the current lease of our out of state rental is about to expire and the property is now listed below comparable market value. Should I consider switching property managers for the sake of increasin...
Joel Oh
One thing I learned from running Airbnb
I had months like this (STR dream)Also had months like this (my cleaner's STR dream)and also months like this (where is my guest?)but after all that, I learned that you don't need to stress about your bookings but jus...
Jason Miller
experian adds rent payments to credit report
http://www.experian.com/rentbureau/renter-credit.html
Rent payments can now be part of a tenants credit report. Not just late payments or judgments.
This could be another tool to get tenants to pay on time or help...
Adrian Pillow
Flip, Rent, or Section 8 ?
As a newbie I came in strong on the Flip idea... But most people here seem to push rentals as a way to really make a sustaining income.
With some of the deals out there I can see coming into a transaction and being ...