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Hey everyone!I've been absorbing information, just reading & listening to everything I can find. I'm at the point where I want to diversify my portfolio into real estate. Little background - I'm 25, living in Metr...
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There are some houses around my local college that sometimes pop up for sale with good prices. I imagine these are easy to rent to incoming college students with some staying multiple years. Anyone have experience wit...
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I am currently on route to close on a Triplex at the beginning of next month. This is my first property and I am a bit confused on what I need to do. The Triplex has existing tentents that pay $150 below the average a...
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Hey all! Wrapping up my first flip project this month and looking to kickoff a new direct mail campaign. I am hoping to get some tips from some of you with a lot more experience doing direct mail. Background, I am in ...
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Hey Everyone I have been looking at a few duplex’s in my area, and I have seen a couple that are interesting but when I analyze them the cash flow is not good. I want to give an offer but for a price that works. From ...
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Does anyone have any resources they'd be willing to share for reliable short sale leads?
I'm great at closing deals but am lacking in the marketing department.
I have no problem paying for leads as long as the resou...
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My business partner and I are looking to complete our first deal in Ithaca, NY. We have about $50k in capital to spend and any costs that surpass that we would look for a hard money loan.The properties that we are see...
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I apologize for my long winded first post. I have been lurking on these boards for the last 6 months, what a great forum! I am looking to solicit advice from some of the veterans (especially flippers).
My background...
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How detailed should my scope of work be when I'm walking the house with a contractor? I had two contractors put together bids on Friday, but I did a poor job of prepping beforehand. My mistake. There was a lot of "Wel...
I've got a great general contractor. In the past 8 months he's worked at 3 of my properties. The first doing odds and ends getting it ready to be sold, maybe about $3000 worth. Then he did a major renovation to the se...