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Hey Everyone!I am a San Diego based real estate investor that has been fixing and flipping houses for quite a while. I am very interested in buying rental properties. San Diego as a buy and hold market is 1) too expen...
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I'm about to go under contract on a duplex. The sellers added an "As Is" #2 addendum. I still have the inspection clause.
The home is older and I am planning to negotiate after the inspection report.
Based on this "...
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I believe you do your own management and maintenance. How does that affect your expense ratio? Does that take it down to 40 or 35% on average??
Also, is there any maintenance/repairs/improvements that you never do yo...
Hey BP, I'm very new to the real estate game and I just want to make sure I have the "order of operations" down, as it were. First let me start off by saying I have read a few books on real estate and attended som...
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Does anyone have information on squatters rights in Texas? And ways to avoid them in the first place?
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Hello i was just wondering is it possible for the owner to get into any trouble for breaking into hes own property. If the person inside the home you never had a lease agreement or never agreed he can stay there? This...
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I'm really trying to buy a house now to live in and flip within time. I understand I will still need to give a down payment when approved for a mortgage but I found plenty of foreclosed homes for under $5,000, do I st...
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I have received an incredibly high amount of interest in my 2 bedroom, fairly basic apartment. One thought I've wondered to myself is if some of these interested people are facing an eviction now that the moratorium i...
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I am conflicted on a property I currently have under contract and am looking for some advice! My wife and I have about $200k in cash and are looking to invest in real estate. Our near term goal is to land a property w...