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Zillow flipping homes business model
As some of you may be aware, Zillow is now flipping homes in the Phoenix market. Here is a link to an article about the first house they've flipped in the Phoenix market. What are your thoughts about their business mo...
Jesse Roberts
Limit to single occupancy via lease by bed arrangement
We just bought a SFH in a college town. There are apartment complexes that lease by the bed and, in the lease, limit occupancy to a single bed in some of their bedrooms. Our home has three bedrooms and we'd like to ha...
John Newland
Consistent Wall Texture Throughout Home Or Not
I have a rehab property in process that is past the demolition process and at the point of starting to get put back together. It is a three bedroom ranch. The bathroom has been gutted to the studs, and the kitchen h...
Serkan Eren
looking for buyer's agents in Houston & Dallas, investor focus
Hi all,I am a newbie who made a relatively fast start, thanks to all the useful info from this site.My goal is to create a small portfolio of (~10) properties for passive income. I am recently closing up my 2nd purcha...
Jedd Braunwarth
First flip complete... and SOLD!
Well, after being the in the buy, rehab and hold biz for a the last two years I jumped into trying a complete SFH flip. Like most projects we had a few big surprises but overall it was a great success. We fixed plumbi...
Jason Malabute
what learned from Kobe Bryant's leadership style and focus
In the last couple of days I have been watching a lot Kobe Bryant highlights.He was a basketball player and I am a real estate investor. I was surprised to see the things we had in common, things we are different in,...
Anita Morrish
Looking for someone who buys land, builds and sells/rents
Hi there, we have an opportunity to buy raw land with VA loan . Thinking a good strategy for us would be buying land and building and refinancing then selling or renting. Anyone else do this and have any advice or tips?
Joe Ferguson
Mentioning Seller's Original Purchase Price.. Bad Form?
Hey BP,I am negotiating on a 4-plex where the seller is asking 319K and I need to get it to at least 280-290K to start making sense. I was amazed to find out that he paid 64K for it in 2013. Factoring in 6 years worth...
Travis Lauchman
Creative Strategy & Hot Market Enabled $60k Flip Profit
What many of us love about real estate is that there is no limit to flexibility and creativity in deal making except for our own limits on education and understanding of structure. The great news is that with time man...
Michael Wentzel
Looking for a structure for our cash partner
I am looking once again to the collective wisdom of Bigger Pockets.
We started buying run-down properties, fixing them up and then refinancing them to get most of our cash and down payment money back out of t...