Scott Szurek
How long will the current RE expansion cycle last?
I was curious about previous real estate cycles and came across this short article: "How to Use Real Estate Trends to Predict the Next Housing Bubble", by Ted Nicolais (2014).http://www.dce.harvard.edu/professional/bl...
Davis Pemstein
Strong CA equity, what would you do?
Hey Everyone,Curious to know what you would do in our scenario. I love hearing the different approaches and the beauty is there is no perfect answer.We own a SFH in Bay Area with around $600,000 in equity (principal r...
Weina Shi
Self Storage Construction Contractors & Expansion
Dear fellow investors,Where do you find the contractors? I did some google search and reach out to some. Some of them do not do multi-level facilities and some only do large facilities. I have heard the steel material...
Roberto Andrade
Foundation heaving
I'm under contract for a SFR in Round Rock TX for a Buy&Hold investment, year 1960,1200 sf, 3B/1Ba, Price: $110,000, Repairs: $5,000, Rent: $1,200. Today we did the foundation inspection and found the kitchen and ...
Matt McKinney
What would cause floors to ripple?
Hey everyone! I have a single family home, built in 2009 new laminate floors installed in 2015. I have some tenants that moved in May of 2016 and the floors were perfectly fine. During the move out inspection the PM n...
Jasjaap Sidhu
Los Angeles - Detached ADU conversion - 150 sq ft expansion for ingress/egress?
I'm looking into converting a detached garage on my property into an ADU. I see on LA County guidelines and CA HCD guidelines that, when converting a detached accessory structure into an ADU, the structure can be expa...
Thomas C.
What to do with walk-out basement?
Hey everyone! I am considering purchasing a property in Pensacola, FL that is a 3 bedroom/2 bath with about 2,000 square feet. It's not exactly what you'd traditionally think of with a split level home, but all 3 bed...
Christopher G.
hard money loan or save
I am coming into a little bit of money and have a dilemma... I have about 10K coming and debating to pay off credit card balances down to 0 each, as well as a certification, or use that money to invest in a property. ...
Bethany T.
converting 2/1 into 3/2 homes
I know that 3/2's are what most renters and lease-purchasers are looking for but our market has a lot of very affordable 2/1's. I have seen some homes that have literally added a "box" on the back that contains a n...
Matthew Adams
Curious on financing small motel mid-rehab
I'm looking at a 30-ish room, two-story motel on a beach in a great area. It's been for sale for around a year or so, maybe more. The owner doesn't have the bandwidth to finish the renovation and has put it up for s...