Matthew S.
Nightmare illegal gold-digger tenant - need advice please
Hi All,My 61-year old father recently signed a lease with a 40-year-old Russian woman who had recently moved to America on a tourist visa and started working illegally ((he did not find this out at the time). She move...
Account Closed
Zillow officially enters the house flipping business...
The full story is on Bloomberg.com here: Zillow wants to flip your house should you want to read all the details.For those with TLDR syndrome the gist of it is:Zillow has now joined the ranks of high tech real estate ...
Brian Oberg
Raising Rent: Good idea or bad business practice
We currently own three investment properties (SFR) and looking to expand that by at least 4 this year. We have always held it to be a good business practice to not raise rent on current tenants when the renew their l...
Tinah Canda
Purchasing property with uncertain lead status
Hi BP community, my name is Tinah - a brand new real estate investor and I am in a bit of pickle - need guidance.I signed a P&S agreement on a property and later realized that by law the lead disclosure on lease d...
Brian Zitzow
Realtor shocked I want to offer 100k less than asking price.
So I just got off the phone with my realtor. I want to write an offer for 245k on a duplex that is in probate and asking 350k. He was shocked. He said he "knows it is worth at least 320k". It's tax assessed at 315k in...
Joshua D.
Looking at buying my first 9 unit apartment building?
So me and my Wife are familiar with buying single family homes which we have 9 of them and a duplex. I could really use some help analyzing numbers to make this work and make sure im doing this right it would be a big...
Charles Fletcher
Smart money in the aftermath of Harvey.
I own SFRs in Humble, specifically choosing that area to invest and live because of the lower flood risk, but haven’t bought yet this year for lack of deals meeting my strict criteria, so I have some capital.
What i...
Brian H.
Flight crew / crashed housing
Accidentally posted this before in the mobile homes forum...so trying again.
Does anyone have any experience renting out houses as crash pads for flight crews? There's at least one large regional airline and a major...
Kenneth Dai
Out of state turnkey investing in Chicago
I got a bunch of questions about a property I purchased in Chicago through Profit from Rentals (PFR), so I thought I'd put down some of the facts here. I'll attempt to keep this as a running post, so folks who are cu...
Ryan Lauretta
SFR vs Syndicates?
I an American living abroad looking to invest into real estate. My original plan is to invest 50% in a mix of syndicates - value add B/C class midwest, some commercial and 50% on SFR. When I looked at the track rec...