Amy Van Ollefen
Confused about LTV for Hard Money
I've read a lot of posts about this, and am still a bit confused. If I am purchasing property that the asking price is $99500 and the appraisal is at least $155K which makes under 65% LTV, if I am getting a hard money...
Kim Meredith Hampton
Service Animals, what's an owner to do?
I manage real estate for investors, and wanted to hear from the insurance brokers as to what your feel is for the growing number of "service Animals" in rental properties. The biggest concern that I have is that we ca...
Scott Le
Tutorials/advice for painting a whole house myself?
I was originally going to outsource the interior and exterior paint, patching, and pressure washing for my 1200 SF SFH rental, but I ended up being way over budget on the rebuilding of a room and now am desperately tr...
Herm M.
Meeting the BPO Agent....
My recent BPO from WaMu was a drive-by, they didn't check the inside of the home.
I've been told that the next one will also be a drive-by...they don't reveal when it will be done, and there's no appointment set beca...
Dani Beit-Or
How Easy/Hard to Steal a House
I have two goals for this post:Increase awareness of the issueFind ways to decrease the chances of this happeningNote: I'm not an attorney. Just an investor. Several weeks ago I read a post on FB about someone who got...
Angelica Osusky
First Flip at 21! Before and After Pics!
I just completed my FIRST FLIP! The rehab took approximately 3 ½ weeks. The home is a 2bd, 1ba townhouse that is slightly over 1000sq ft located in Illinois.Numbers:Purchase Price with closing cost: $55,290.25Rehab Co...
Nate Slappey III
What is your go to method and/or tools for finding deals today?
What is your best method, tool, resource for finding deals in todays climate? One of the biggest challenges I hear today from investors is finding deals (the right deals), what are you doing to overcome this hurdle?
Adam Craig
Help me dress up the front of this house.
Getting ready to list one of my long time rentals. Please give some tips on freshening up the front without going crazy on the budget. Here is what I am thinking but thoughts appreciated...Replace flower post near fro...
Aqil Dharamsey
Toughest month ever- every landlords nightmare
Every landlord always talks about how great their investments have been and that's usually the case but we all from time to time run into some real tough situations. Well here is mine -
Beginning of October I had 8 ...
Joshua Dorkin
BiggerPockets REI Summit 2012 is Coming!
Here we go . . . this thing is official.
BiggerPockets REI Summit 2012 will be taking place in Denver Colorado at the Colorado Convention Center on March 23-24.
This will be an incredible educational, networking, an...