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Today I own two properties, one is a long-term rental and the other being my primary resident. I am looking to buy a third within the next 6-18 months as a long term rental. I am leaning towards just getting a proper...
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I left of the last R because even though it would like to repeat in Brooklyn I'm not sure my credit will stand it at this point. I bought this building in June of 2007 for 714k 2160sf bulking was vacant. I used and F...
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After 8 months and 7 days of waiting for bank approval on a short sale... I'm still waiting. COVID has CERTAINLY not helped but unfortunately, I feel like this is going to make it to the one year mark.
This got me th...
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Hey everyone,So I am under contract on this deal without a buyer's agent. I found the deal through the MLS and got out there quick to check it out. My first point of contact was the seller's agent but when I went out ...
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Context: I have bad credit. My fiancée has good credit. I have proof of income. She doesn’t work. We have 20k in savings, we’re ready to buy. Question: What would you do? How would you actually go about making this ha...
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Hey guys I have been listening to a lot of podcasts and many of them talk about frugality and saving money or being cheap. I was always raised to believe that being cheap is expensive, sure you may save money right no...
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I am hesitant to write this post because I don't want to brag about my successes (it's really a team effort). Besides, the kind of money I've made on this deal is just the sum total of headaches and aggravation and ti...
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Pic #1: This is the water I found in one of my rentals that’s about 5’ below grade. This came AFTER we had finished doing a foundation waterproofing around the perimeter of the house! - How could this happen!?I had t...
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Hi Everyone - long time lurker and researcher here on BP which by the way is one of the most useful sites you can possibly use to better your REI goals.So i have spent the last 9 to 12 months researching and learning,...
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I'm looking for some benchmarks for figuring out how different areas in intown and near OP Atlanta are classified (A, B, C, D areas). I bought my personal residence 'across the tracks' in the City of Decatur 20 years...