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hello investors i'am kenny from massachusetts. I am really very interested in being a real estate investor. I am 45 and have let so much time pass me by already due to overcoming hardships in life, but im as ready as ...
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I am learning about the "proper" way to take advantage of leveraging equity using rentals/apartments/leases and holding the properties for an extended period of time, i.e. for years.
I have an industrial property I p...
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There are countless stories and stereotypes about contractors failing deadlines, blowing out budgets, screwing clients, and being generally inept. Yet there are also many investors, small and giant, who have repeated ...
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Hello! I am looking to purchase my first investment property using the househacking method. The goal for starting out is to find a 2 or 3 unit property and to live in one of the units. I am looking to use an FHA 203k ...
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I have a property where one bedroom was used as a 'kennel' or pet 'outhouse'. I am having trouble getting rid of the smells.Concrete floor. Carpet is gone. Tack strip is gone. All solid matter has been removed. Bleach...
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Home depot is expensive... so where do you go to get your rehab things? Habitat for Humanity Re-store? are there warehouses ... direct window suppliers, direct flooring/doors/fixtures without home depot or someone l...
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My parents recently had a refrigerator leak on the main floor and the water went down into the basement (in Northern Virginia). They're having a horrible time with the insurance company to assess and recommend reputa...
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We're deciding on whether, as part of my wife's public school pension, to take a lump distribution in exchange for a smaller monthly pension amount. In thinking about whether or not to take the distribution, I want t...
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As an architect by trade for over 20 years, my dream has been to build what I have designed. As in the business of architecture, after every completed project is done I’m basically unemployed. With that being said,...
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Here is our situation. We have what was a great tenant (husband, wife and son) for 16 months. We were just contacted by the wife that due to domestic battery against her, the husband is in jail. She is fearful of...