Larry Fried
Retail Flip Insurance
So I am doing my first flip and the renovations are completing. The house is about to go on the market for retail sale. I currently have the home insured with REI/Affinity for liability, fire etc with a $3000 deduct...
Timothy W.
Obama stumbled into aiding BP
Ok, I'm going to admit that my first thought was the 20 billion dollar escrow fund was a load of crap. I thought it was a shakedown without any due process. I was thinking, like any conservative republican would thi...
David Noble
allowing a sublease Airbnb
I have a moderately upscale single family rental house in a desirable neighborhood. Current tenants are moving out. I was approached by another investor who wants to lease my rental and run it as his own Airbnb. I’m n...
Anton Young
How to sell the real estate market short?
Please, I know there are a lot of people who will want to argue that real estate is not in a bubble, and/or that it will never burst. We disagree, and that's not what I'd like to discuss. I made a lot of money in stoc...
Nate Desmond
Termite damage during closing: should this be a deal breaker?
I'm in the process of closing on a property in NC, and the visual inspection has turned up evidence of termite damage and previous treatment:
"Termite tubes in between rear left garage slab wall and drywall bottom. D...
Ryan Sweeney
Self directed IRA partnering (JVs and my LLC)
My LLC is in a JV on a build (LLC owns the lot) Provided this goes well, my partnership will expanded to include a build on my next lot (owned by my IRA). I want to flow money into my IRA, but want to flow money into...
Dusty Lewis
What Do You All Do About Health Insurance?
I’m curious as to what other investors that do it full time do about health insurance? Looking to focus on investing full time in the near future but leaving my full time job that currently covers my family and I to p...
Shawn S.
Insurance rates in the Kansas City area or where you live
Greetings,
I was wondering what your typical insurance premiums were for the area you live in? In KC I'm looking at 1 percent of the purchase price. I read today the percent should be closer to .5 percent. ...
Janell Cedarstrom
San Diego Housing Market
When do you think the San Diego housing market (in general) will begin to take a downturn or crash?
Andrew West
Insurance Shopping- Any "rules of thumb"?
Hello Friends-We are under contract on two duplexes in Michigan, and shopping for insurance (everyone's FAVORITE topic). We are fairly new to this so, as we learn about all of the different aspects of a policy (ACV vs...