Jeremiah Hight
My first property?
I'm having a hard time deciding which financing option I should pursue for my first property. My plan for the first property is to buy something inhabitable that could be rehabbed and/or updated. It would be my pla...
Kevin Branin
Definition of "Owner Occupied" when 2 names are on Deed
Hey all you people with large pockets. I have some questions (actually my girlfriend asked it) about FHA and owner-occupied loans when 2 names are on the deed/mortgage. Let's assume this is a duplex where one unit i...
Ralph Trinidad
Mechanics Lien - Bailout
Good afternoon. I am a mortgage broker in PA. I have a client who owns a residential property in FL. Typically his projects have been privately funded and smaller than this one. The private funding source STOPPED ...
Hunter Terryn
Exciting and Upcoming in Birmingham, AL
So I attended the Birmingham CREW (Commercial Real Estate Women) Luncheon this week and had a blast. It was an awesome group and they had an excellent guest speaker - Cornell Wesley, Director of Innovation and Econ. D...
Mark Beekman
Making on offer on UGLY properties
I have my eye on some downright ugly houses that I'm looking into for rehab/flip purposes. Some are vacant and/or condemned and the ones that are inhabited look like only a crazy person would live there.
How does one...
Walker Furpahs
203k loan Columbus Ohio
I’m looking for a 203k loan in Columbus Ohio, 200k on a 115 k property.
Michael Laniak
Resident selection criteria form
Help. Is there a maximum of resident/tenants that can inhabit a home? I have a 4 bedroom & 2 bath home I am relisting and am thinking it over again on my resident selection criteria form. I am almost wanting to ha...
Marija Petrovic
Tenant wants to break lease | doesn’t want to pay
Hello! I have a tenant that wants to move out, and refusing to pay rent. I need an attorney to handle this. Due to plumbing issues he claims that property is “inhabitable” and says he will leave without paying. I offe...
Dan Gongora
the city requires me to repair property to code
Good morning BP community,
I recently moved out of my 2 unit rental property. I was renting one unit and living in another. I have now moved out and the city performed an inspection. Turns out the side and front porch...
Nicholas Sanchez
Tenants living in unit under construction
Hello!I own a 3 bedroom rental property in Chicago, which is currently inhabited by one tenant. Once his lease is over in July, I will be moving in. I plan to do some renovations by taking down a couple walls in the u...