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Trying to purchase a short sale for the first time. This is a single family house that I'm hoping to live in. Current owner is an investor and was trying to flip the house but "ran out of money". The property is in fo...
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This might not be the usual "success" post in this forum category, but to me it belongs here as I can say I had a successful week as the first time evaluating an out-of-state investing market. I am currently investin...
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Hello everyone!My name is Tony Jordan and I’m glad to finally become a member of the BP community. Not really sure why it took me so long to do this, because I’ve been using this great site for several years and enjo...
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I am blessed to be bored, living life as a landlord. Business is grand when everything’s slow, that’s the time to be saving my dough. No shortage of stunning problems to face, still way better than running the rat-r...
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I currently own a duplex with a family member holding the mortgage. $75,000 over 10 years at 4.25%. About 8 years and $60,000 left to payoff. I was thinking of refinancing with a local bank for $60,000 over 30 year...
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This is our latest rehab purchase. We closed on it this past Monday (8/24/15). Over the past week we have been buying material and hiring all the trades we need. Work gets started tomorrow (8/31/15)!We will be using:C...
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Hi all,I never purchased the multi-family investment and I want to get into this type of an investment.I red numerous post regarding the multi-family, but I was wondering if I can get help on what to watch for in mult...
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Good evening all,After months of searching, I found a 24 unit complex that I really liked and all the numbers worked for me. It was off market, so I've been dealing directly with the seller and worked out some creativ...
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I've owned investment real estate for 12 years, starting with a
single-family and then buying and rehabing multi-family units. As
someone who grew up in a family that was always renting and always
moving, I care...
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***UPDATE 11/19/13: Forbes heard us loud and clear - and they said they were getting overwhelmed with messages from us and we didn't need to vote anymore! So .. mission accomplished! You can ignore the rest of this...