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Hi All - So I have two rental houses in Houston. My property manager called yesterday and told me that two of my houses were under water. One had about 18" of water in it and the other had 48" in it. My insurance agen...
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Hi Everyone :)
How did you decide if you wanted to deal with rentals or flips?
Ideally, I like the buy and hold strategy but may need a couple of flips to raise capital to purchase rental property. I pl...
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Two years ago I flipped an old home located in the same small town I live in. I had new chimney liners and caps and a new roof put on. Shortly after the sale, the buyers called me to ask about water coming in around...
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You can thank @
Dawn Anastasi
and her $23,000 house for this idea.
I'll start. I bought a house that was a three story brick house with a new roof and new electrical service for $50 full price with...
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I use Airbnb a lot when I travel. I can find better accommodation for the price compare to hotels plus I get better amenities (full kitchen, etc)I'm wondering what some of the positives and negatives of each are compa...
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Hey BP nation. My wife and I bought our first property, a 4-plex, almost a year ago so we are still pretty green as for as land-lording goes. We have a tenant who we inherited from the previous owner that has a seriou...
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OK its a SFH in a nice neighborhood in NC with mostly military families renting. House built in 1992.Asking price $139kHopefully paying 127K in cashRental income $1300Taxes $1100/yrProp management 10% of rentInsurance...
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Hi Everyone I am new to bigger pockets. I have been reading the forums for a couple weeks and have read a few good Ideas so thank you for those. That being said I have been flipping houses for 18 year pretty successfu...
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Hey everyone! I desperately need some help!! Last September my husband, my brother-in-law, and myself partnered and bought a our first flip project. We bought the property for 122,0000. After a complete rehab, two con...
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I just don't think that paying 5 or 6% to a realtor to sell a home is necessary. Having to pay the 2 1/2 - 3% to list a home to get it on the MLS seems to high to me. I know that realtors do more than this but it stil...