Good morning, I am new to being a landlord and am going through my first property management company change. I am not exactly sure how it all works and if anyone can help shed some guidance that would be great! At th...
Hey BP Community, While putting an offer together for a property within the city of Philadelphia I realized that it was zoned as CMX-3. It's being marketed and sold as a legal duplex with CMX-3 on the MLS, and has had...
Hello All,Within a year or so I anticipate a move to Austin, TX. Ideally I would like to househack a 4-family building with FHA financing. A few questions for all y'all already operating in the market:1) which areas w...
Hi my name is Jeff I have been flipping houses for a while now and the way that I found that works best for me and my family is to buy a fixer-upper and live in it while I'm working on it full-time there are many ben...
I’m interested to get some people’s thoughts on using the listing agent of a potential real estate investment property to also be your agent (dual agency). They know they will make the potential 6% commission from you...
Background - there are a couple companies out there who provide special insurance for no security deposit. One is called "Zero Deposit" based in Europe, another is Rhino. In essence, tenants don't pay a security dep...
I am trying to understand why we need to collect pet deposit. If the pet made any damage, we can deduct it from security deposit, right? It makes more sense to me to collect non refundable pet fee or pet rent, but I a...
Hey all! So I am looking to use my VA loan for a property to house hack. With all the strict VA guidelines and such, how feasible is it to be able to get a somewhat distressed, more along the lines of very outdated bu...
For those of you who work in the Milwaukee area, I find myself glancing and enticed by some of the city owned properties that could potentially be worth looking further into. There are many perks that the city is offe...
Hey BP family,
Wanted to reach out to you guys here. I have his duplex that I have under contract and wanted to put 20% down but now my lender is telling me I have to put 25% down. I need help here, is this true that...