Bart Sklar
Keeping Seller Happy
Hello Everyone,I am new here and I have a house under contract and the seller wants to know whats taking so long. The truth is I have not sold it yet .I have it for 30 days and am a little more than halfway through th...
Alberto Bonilla
Alberto Bonilla has arrived
Real Estate: Starting Out
Yesterday, I found out that my tenants had their water disconnected. They had allowed two months to go by without paying their bill. One month prior to this, their water bill was abnormally ...
Jeremy Segermeister
Built my forever home - now I might need to move!
Hi everyone,
I spent 2.5 years building what we thought was our forever home in the Bay Area. We did things that would not make sense if I were building it as an investment property. Due to some life changes, we are ...
Jason Coleman
Tenant in unsafe situation
Hey BP,I have a situation that I haven't come across before so I figured I'd post it. One of my tenants called me yesterday and explained to me that her and her BF (both on the lease) are splitting up. She was in tear...
Isaac Velez
Landlord tenant responsibilities
In Florida i live/rent in a single family home that was devided into four separate units almost like a house hack but the water/plumbing and electrical is spread use on one main devided between all four units, just to...
Dylan Long
Can a builder setup an HOA post-no-HOA-contract?
To be transparent, I find myself in this situation personally. We bought a home in March. As part of the entry discussion between our realtor and the builders we asked if there was an HOA, to which they said via email...
Christine L.
Found motivated seller via pre-foreclosure mailing. What do I say to get the deal?
I'm looking for my first deal for my family - we need to move into a good school district in a zip where home values avg $500K+. I mailed about 60 hand written letters to people who are listed as late on their mortga...
Pat Gardiner
Seller would like to cancel contract for deed
Please, any advice for my situation would be immensely appreciated. My property is in South Carolina. The contract for deed is a little more than a year old and I was under tremendous pressure when I signed it. I was ...
Collin Hays
A refresher on what to look for when buying in the Smokies
It's been a while since I posted on this, and I get a lot of questions on it, so here goes:
1. Location matters. Gatlinburg is ground zero. You will pay a premium to be there, but it will probably pay off in the l...
Michael Minton
Estimating After Rehab Price With Poor Comps
My mom is trying to sell her house because she can't afford the mortgage payment. The house is definitely not going to an end user and will have to be a rehab. I'm still very early on in my real estate investing and d...