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when a tenant buyer comes along and say give you a $10,000 deposit for a property that you're lease optioning to them, what happens to the deposit, some people say it is yours it is nonrefundable, but does'nt the end...
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Hello,I have a client who can’t purchase a home right now due to issues with an ongoing divorce, but she needs to get a new place ASAP. I am not too familiar with rent to own, but I thought that could be a solution fo...
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Hi Bigger Pockets Community,Happy Friday! I hope you don't mind if I pick your brains for a minute. I'm planning to start providing investors who do Lease-Purchases, with a turn-key solution for their investments and ...
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So ive been following a property on Auction.com. It didn't sell at courthouse and then it came on Auction.com for sale. I bidded up to the price I was willing to pay and I lost the bid. It went over like almost 5k and...
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We own two rentals in a small town in Indiana. Property values have gone up approximately 40% in the last two years. We bought a 3bed 1 bath for 125k with a rent of 1,100. We also own a 4bed 2 bath for 137k with a ren...
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Dear members, I'm looking at a commercial property in central NJ which has been vacant for a while. The taxes are currently $10k/yr for 1500sft. The agent advised that I ask an attorney to file a request w/ town to wa...
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“Ring, Ring!” Your phone goes off about a hour after you post your home for sale on Zillow. It took you a while to do this, but you’re finally ready to sell. You’ve decided not to go with an agent, who needs those guy...
I am working up to my first fix and flip and practicing using the calculator which asks for closing costs for buyer and seller. How is it usually structured? Would I typically pay closing costs when I buy the proper...
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Backstory: my tenants fuse sparks when reset, no one knows where this fuse leads (I just purchased house 4 weeks ago). Called electrician and he thinks it’s a short somewhere causing it (tenants stated there is a room...
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First post but have been watching the forums here for over a year.Tenant's lease is up at the end of January. They have been late at least five times. There are four months left (including October which has not been...