Cameron C.
Committing Mortgage Fraud via Househacking Strategy
Hey BP,I'll try to keep a long story short. Currently about to purchase a 4BR 2.5 bath single family that I rent in Pittsburgh and turn my 3 roommates into tenants. The advantage of this is that it will continue to ...
Joe S.
Did too much bragging shoot a lot of people in the foot?
So my question is, did all the excessive bragging about short term rentals create saturation to the point where it hurt everybody including the braggers? I understand there are some people that were bragging because t...
Rich Weese
Contrarian view for real estate ownership. Life long investor.
I have been involved in real estate for nearly 50 years and have always been very positive about the future. I started at a very young age buying real estate and investing in more and more as decades went by. If I was...
Danny Johnson
Crazies Responding To Letters
What kind of crazy responses have you had to your letters sent offering to buy someone's house?
I've had someone completely chew me out for sending "all of those f'ing" letters and threatened to kick my butt. He expr...
Tim Wilkinson
Income verification
Hi all,I have a prospective tenant (a couple) that are both self-employed. Both parties (unmarried) gave me a copy of their experian report: 738 and 698, which is a good enough score, but I didn't pull the reports. Ho...
Joel Florian
Looking to invest in Hawaii
Summary: I want to become a real estate investor in Hawaii. And I have a bunch of questions. Any advice is appreciated but specific answers preferred.1. Should I sell my $400k home in Alaska or try to rent it out?...
Austin Carr
First Time Landlording
I'm getting much closer to searching for my first property and believe I will be able to find a property in the Denver/Aurora area with 3rooms and 2-3 bath for under 200k. I want to rent the other 2rooms (approx $600...
Aaron W.
Help with unethical plumber
Our property manager hired a plumber to repair a dishwasher in one of our single family homes. This plumber had done jobs for the property manager in the past and was reasonably priced from what our property manager t...
Chris Shepard
New Goal: Purchase 400 units this year
Hey all, My brother and I own and operate a small property management and construction company in Portland, Oregon. We've been in business about 5 years. We are also a licensed plumbing company and a licensed contra...
Gregory Schwartz
"Am I experienced enough to raise outside capital?"
"Am I Experienced Enough to Raise Outside Capital?"
This question crossed my mind recently after reading a post and some comments discussing whether an investor is experienced enough to raise capital from outside sou...