Payton Pearson
First Investment Property
Investment Info:
Small multi-family (2-4 units) buy & hold investment.
Purchase price: $143,000
Cash invested: $37,000
This is a beautiful, 4-unit apartment complex in a stable rental market of K...
Robert Tinker
How do you pay your contractors?
Just got my first deal. Now we are ready to renovate. Is it customary to pay contractors anything up front? Most bids came in asking for 50% up front and 50% upon completion.
Phillip Tillotson
Bill Gulley: Path to Success Education
Background:I completed my associates degree in information technology with an emphasis on networking, and I achieved the CCNA certification (Cisco Certified Networking Associate)My first job in IT was running the IT d...
Dominick Longbucco
Realtor Fees
Good Morning,I am interested in buying 1 of 3 properties. I don't currently have a realtor, and have a few questions.1. Since I basically have done alot of the research on my own, how do you go about negotiating with...
Kam Mill
In process of first rental buy....HELP LOL
I recently won a bid on my first rental property.Asking was 37000Won bid on 34000Appraised for 55kSingle family 4 bed 1.5 bath 1200 sqIn subdivision of rental area.Located in Webb,al. 15 mins from Dothan, Al.House is...
Brice Hall
Purchasing 4 low income rental properties analysis and discussion
Hello everyone!As the equity market gets more and more unpredictable i'm looking at putting money in real estate rental properties. This will be my first deal and venture into real estate. As i am living in NYC curren...
Samuel McCart
Enough is enough and I've had enough
Hello fellow BP members. I currently live in Sarasota, FL area and have really had enough.
I've been working a J.O.B. for long enough. I read RDPD a couple years ago and it definitely piqued my interest into REI. I'...
Alan Robson
Inherited Building next to lawyer - he thinks he owns part
Hello! I inherited a building from my late mother who had a tenant. That tenant is now gone thanks to COVID (they went out of business). I am trying to find a new tenant, and I am fielding questions regarding property...
Sarah Buchanan
Tenant's dog attacked my husband!
Two weeks ago my tenant's dog (listed on her lease) attacked my husband as he dropped by to deliver a Christmas basket (no good deed goes unpunished?). Jumped up and went for my husband's throat/neck but fortunately ...
Vikram C.
Real estate as an inflation hedge
I have read many posts here and elsewhere stating that real estate is a good hedge against inflation. A look at inflation adjusted SF home prices since 1890 does validate that view. (Sorry, don't know how to insert ...