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Does anyone have experience with hiring a contractor to replace a portion of the main line going from house to the city sewer. I am getting it scoped tomorrow to see where the blockage is exactly but we think it is pr...
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Absolute newbie here, both in real estate and this forum/site. Have bought several personal houses through the years through non-traditional means, but last week I found a real estate guru online and he fired me up ab...
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is there a bank/lender that allows for one year of tax returns. for a HELOC? I have $225K+ equity in my home, at least and the ability to pay off the added debt. My 2020 tax returns during covid do not reflect this bu...
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Hello,
I'm in escrow on a foreclosed duplex with Freddie Mac, this is my first property.
Initially they were asking 95k, then dropped it to 85k after it was on the market for 30 days. I offered 78.5k, and they coun...
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Am I doing something wrong or does everyone pay $100+ per SFH rental on Smoke & Carbon Monoxide Detectors?
1 Smoke Detector, Bedroom #11 Smoke Detector, Bedroom #21 Smoke Detector, Bedroom #31 Smoke & Carbo...
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Hey BP, new member here but a longtime lurker. I have a full-time day job and do real-estate on the side. I live in St. Charles, MO and have been getting into real estate more and more as time goes by.I have my pers...
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HI,So, I've finally decided to get serious about purchasing a vacation rental home. My family has taken a trip almost every year and have booked on VRBO with great success. Time for me to get into the real estate game...
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Hi everyone,I am trying to schedule my monthly mortgage payment to a bi-weekly schedule but the lender does not accept this schedule option. I wonder if anything out there run into the same thing and how do they over...
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Hello all,I just recently got married and we are currently shopping for our first house. We have an accepted offer at full price - home warranty and 5k towards closing cost for this house.https://www.redfin.com/SC/Sum...