Jonathan A.
Flipping partnership going to court on debate of renovation costs
I am a general contractor that partnered with 3 investors to flip a house. We all agreed to hire my company to do the renovation and agreed on a set budget and got a contract by my company. My company completed the re...
Jim K.
Found $873K, need help investing it
Bought a teardown at a tax auction, went in and knocked a hole in one of the kitchen walls, found three stud bays filled with plastic-wrapped used bills, mostly twenties but lots of fifties, hundreds. $873K total. The...
Kyle Bigger
Seasoned investor wanting to walk away from it all
Hey BP! I have an interesting and important dilemma in real estate that I don't feel gets touched on enough. It's something I've been struggling with for years, despite the tremendous success I've had over the last fe...
Greg R.
Appraisal waivers... what I'm being told by local realtor
I'm in the market to purchase a primary home in the DFW area, specifically around the Murphy/ Wiley area. My realtor and others that I've spoken to are making it seem that it's impossible to win an offer on a home wit...
Steve Dove
VRBO- Forcing your hand to online bookings.
It's been a while since I have posted, as like you, I have been busy. I wanted to get some of your thoughts on the recent changes that VRBO / Homeaway have made, which forces property owners to use their online bookin...
Peter Christensen
Collecting rent when tenant says they don't have it
I self manage a single family home as a rental in St. Paul, Minnesota. Three women signed the lease together last summer and have been good tenants since then for the most part. About a week before January 1st, one ...
Hussain Harun
Switching FROM Quickbooks to other accounting sofwares (Xero, Freshbooks)
Hi,I was wondering if any investor or CPA can chime in on their thoughts about switching away from Quickbooks to another accounting software?I have been using Quickbooks online for years and love that it's the industr...
Kelly Choate
Should I be an investor-friendly real estate agent?
Hi everyone,Ok, here is today's question: I have seen a lot of posts on BP about "investor-friendly" real estate agents. Some people say that agents don't understand investing. Others say that agents won't waste their...
D Turner
Dirty Buying Secret That Works
I always purchase a listed property from the listing agent and never use an outside agent. During the last run on property 2000-2007 I lost so many properties because of unscrupulous realtors. I mean realtors were r...
Emily K.
Who has air bnb rentals that they don’t own?
Hello everyone! I currently manage 3 Airbnb properties and was searching for purchasing my own Airbnb property. Because I am not financially prepared to purchasing property, It was suggested that instead of purchasing...