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HOA requires brown windows. It will cost me an extra $3500 to purchase windows that are brown, with grids, and with brown capping. My windows are original, don't work anymore, have broken seals and waste energy. I'...
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I was reading my REI book and pondering things and I realized that in general, single-family homes are for investors who do things like flipping, rehabbing, and other strategies that depend price appreciation. For buy...
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I'm just getting started in real estate investing, with the intent of renting out either single family homes, multi-family or townhomes. I know that one cannot go strictly by the 1% or 2% rule, and that more detaile...
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I came across a property on a private lake within the city limits of a highly visited tourist town in Colorado. The property was purchased several years ago and the house was leveled to build a custom home. The owners...
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Does anyone here on BP have personal experience with Credit Karma free credit reporting service?Thanks,Pyrrha
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Could someone tell me if I need 2 pieces of paper to do a lease option without taking the property subject to. I don't want to do a subject to, I want to lock the property up under lease option and then assign it to...
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Background:
About 3 weeks ago, I had a fire in my home. I had been renting it out but tenant moved on and I moved in. No one was hurt (thank God). In any event, I had an electrical fire start in the wall while I was ...
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Hi,
We've purchased a 2 unit fixer in cash as an investment but can not get a loan for remodeling it even though we have equity in the property. We own a primary residence on which we make mortgage payments. The re...
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Investment Info:
Single-family residence buy & hold investment in Lexington.
Purchase price: $55,000
Cash invested: $25,000
Brought a 3 bed/1 bath brick ranch in Lexington back to life by complet...
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What is the safest type of Real Estate investing? Who were the investors that still made money in the crash of 2008? I am new to this game and am hoping to be a passive investor doing buy and hold on property that ...