Greg Moore
Insurance for Unoccupied Homes Going through Rehab
Greetings Florida Real Estate friends - I'm closing soon on my first in-state buy-and-hold rental property in my home state of Florida. My usual insurance provider just informed me the home doesn't meet the qualificat...
Brandon Figge
Best way to inquire about empty house
I have found an empty house in my town. After looking information up and doing some Google searching I have found that the owner on the title passed away last year in a care facility (it has been empty for a while) an...
Joshua Minatel
Best way to pay yourself
Being a sole member LLC, what is the best way to pay yourself and not be in legal or tax trouble? All of my properties I buy are under my LLC.
Bill Krayer
New Investor | NEW Business Bank - I've Got the Bad Bank Blues
I've got a bank always in trouble, problem. As many of you may know one of the big guys has run into a bit of trouble in their business account department. That makes my accounts among the many under their control. Th...
Benjamin Cowles
Confused about the "beneficiary" of a trust
I've read that in a trust, (ir)revocable it's usually those designated to 'benefit' by receiving the assets in the trust created by the "grantor" but that in a land trust it is the the grantor, or the lender in a dee...
Nick Brasco
First buy and hold
Hey guys. I am looking at a house in a decent neighborhood. It has been listed for over 200 days and the price seems too good to be true. It is a two family house that has been renovated (the work looks so-so) they...
Leon Lee
Smart Pricing Strategy
Hi, BP STR investorsWe've recently switched things up with our pricing strategy. Essentially, we're now offering a 35% discount that's spread evenly across the nearest 14 days, starting from today. It seems working. W...
Kevin Yeats
Bank Failures
Two banks have failed to start off 2014 (one outside Chicago and the second in Oklahoma). 2013 ended up with 24 bank failures half of the prior year well below the recent peak of 2010 (157 bank failures).
We...
Bienes Raices
Many open permits on house
Has anyone bought one of these houses? One of the houses I'm looking at has at least five open or expired permits from the '90s for jobs like replacing a chain link fence, reroof, pouring a concrete pad in the backyar...
Ryan Kephart
Personal Finance - Budgeting
Hello,
This isn't a technical real estate question but if you don't have a hold on your personal finances, making money won't do much for you! That's my problem. I'm having trouble sticking to a budget. I overspend a...