Jethro Stoltzfus
Paying off my personal home mortgage or saving for an investment property?
Last year, I purchased a home with a 7% interest rate. I made a substantial down payment, so I could potentially pay off the house in about 4 years with my current income. I'm 23 years old and plan to use real estate ...
Fareed R.
How to get renters into my home, lot's of contacts but can't clos
I've gotten about 30-40 contacts for a room rental but haven't been able to get a renter. What are some good tips to close the sale per say and get a renter into the house?Details:1) 3 rooms available for rent in a ho...
Marcus Kennedy
Title issue on potential flip(foreclosure)...Help!
Hey BP family,I was wondering if any of you genius' out there could give me some direction. There is a foreclosure that I'm interested in purchasing to flip and it apparently has a title issue. I feel it has scared a ...
Account Closed
Help! HOW Do New Parents Do This?!
Ugh, so today was a big challenge that, sadly, made me pause and question how the heck I'm going to do real estate with a new baby. I know I can do it... I'M DETERMINED TO! But I need advice. How do others do it? ...
Todd Aaron
Another Attempt at Starting Out
My first attempt with an excepted offer ended with a lot of issues found on the inspection and the seller was not willing to accept a lower offer. So I had to let that one go. I ran across several deals after that b...
Skip Rivera
Caution bidder beware in tax auction
Just a friendy note to anyone who is bidding on apn 342110002 in the Riverside county tax sale at bid4assets.com While this property may appear to have no title issues, a prelim from Chicago Title in 2004 says otherwi...
Matt Graham
Situation: deceased owner city easement no taxes quit claim
Here's the deal:I live in Houston, Texas and there's an overgrown half-lot (30x110') down the street from my house.
I've been to permitting to talk about buildability, and it looks like after setbacks, I could build...
Jared Bendetta
4-plex with a questionable incentive for a newbie
My first time investing in real estate and my sights may be beyond my scope. An 8 bedroom, 4 full bath, 6200 sqft. Multi-family (quadplex), was built in 1910 and is located just outside of a main city is listed at $49...
Ellen Griffith
Furnishing a log home
Hey guys, please help me brainstorm. I need to furnish a 4 bedroom log home for a STR. I need furniture, linens, dishware, decor...everything.I've been checking out garage sales and Craiglist, both where I live (700 m...
Marc Winter
Weird activity in basement
hI have inspected thousands of houses over the last 30+ years. This one had a spooky feeling basement, but NOTHING visually unusual... until I looked at the photos. Anyone else every seen something like this?Taken 5...