Katrina P.
furnace efficiency
Hi All,I have to buy a new furnace for one of my rentals. What efficiency is everyone buying? 80%? 95%? 96%?
Stephen G.
Adding a basement unit to an Oakland duplex
About a year ago I purchased a duplex in North Oakland and have been successfully house hacking it. The upstairs units rent pays the mortgage and a little extra, so I'm really only on the hook for a portion of the tax...
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Investment Property Analysis (Pro Forma), Becoming an Asset to Investors.
Hey BP,Feel free to scroll down to the Important Part.I am a realtor in the Greater Philadelphia area. My goal/aim is to work with investors for two reasons. First, I am a finance guy, recent Drexel University graduat...
Creative financing solves an important problem for almost every type of real estate investor. Don’t have enough cash? Try creative financing! No credit? Try creative financing! Ran out of conventional loans? You alrea...
Marci Stein
Tenant test positive for lead paint on bath tub
Not sure how to proceed —2 adult tenants. No children . newly moved in and tested for lead on peeling paint on side of painted bathtub. Positive. From what I’ve read, I am required to remediate this if a child under 6...
There are ebbs and flows in every real estate investing journey, but not every home renovation project results in a six-figure loss! Fortunately, today’s guests learned one very expensive lesson so that YOU (hopefully...
Erica Dike
Design Dilemmas: What's your biggest struggle with designing your vacation rental?
What's your biggest struggle when it comes to designing your vacation rental? I'm a designer that likes sharing advice/hacks/resources specifically for investors looking to maximize their ROI.I'd love to hear your de...
Jeff Hsieh
Is it worth adding expanding my home?
Hi everyone,I currently live in a 3bd/1.5ba home in South San Francisco, CA. I'm thinking about upgrading the 0.5 bath to a full, and adding about 500 sq ft extension to the back of the house. This extended portion w...
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Adverse Posession
Hello Everyone
This may be a dumb question but I been reading a few books on real estate trying to educate myself and the topic of the last chapter was adverse possession. Basically, what I gathered was that if you ...
Tom De Moya
Do I stop investing in real estate and buy my family a home now?
My wife and I took a chance in 2013 in buying a duplex as our first home in a not so good neighborhood in Vermont that has appreciated well. We fixed up our side quite a bit and dealt with evictions on the other side....