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I'm looking to invest in the Houston, TX area, but the property taxes seem to kill cash flow. Does anyone have insight on their experience
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Greetings BP,I have been running numbers and looking into renting a single rooms to college students vice entire homes to families. All the numbers I run lead to positive cash flow, but I’d love to hear from some inve...
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My wife and I had been interested in purchasing a rental property for about a year with the intent of making this a business. She's a teacher, I'm an engineer and we have little faith in the future of Social Security ...
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I’m going through a turnover on my SFH in Denver. The house will be rent ready in 2 weeks and so far the best application I’ve received is from a “independent contractor” working for a high end strip club. Everything ...
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In the thread about the TV show Property Wars, it was brought up about things found in and on foreclosed property.
1. In a recent one there was the last occupant's ashes. I called the relative to come get the ashes...
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With the stress of the holidays looming, I thought it could be fun to share the lighter side of real estate. What are some of the funniest experiences you've had as an investor? How did you handle it? What would you d...
I inherited a house in California and its paid off - which is great. But I want to leave for Europe.Renting it out to tenants seems like a risky legal nightmare. I could leave it vacant and sell at a later point - but...
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I just want to start off and say I am a newbie. I am looking at property outside of the New York area. I am interested in buying property in other state but I don't have time to look at the property. What is the best...
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I just read the thread on " Found $5,000 dollars under a waterheater " got me thinking of all the things i have found in houses or the years. So my question is What is the Best/Worst/Weirdest thing you Guys and Gals h...
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We are selling one of our properties in New Jersey and decided to try the FSBO route. We've done this before but with much lower value homes. This particular one is much more up market and we listed at $500K list.Wi...