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There hasn't been much talk lately about using your home equity as leverage so I wanted to start a new conversation. I almost feel like I could be missing something. Is this not a good idea or is it just not that po...
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Hello Everyone! thanks for taking time to read this.I would like to put my current home as a vacation rental property; we plan on renting it out as often as possible, while living here(cleanup before the renters come ...
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The story is pretty typical: inherited tenant did not report leaking bathtub faucet, it caused water damage downstairs and was reported by the tenant from below. Water damage is not huge, hopefully I would only have t...
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Hello BP, thanks for taking the time to read and help me out!I'm looking at several student houses in my area (currently a Master's student myself, so trying to multi-task getting my M.A. and real estate investing) an...
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Hi all,I'm hoping you can give me some feedback on a deal I'm currently underwriting. The property is an early 1900's duplex (one up/one down) in Mount Vernon, WA, within walking distance of the very popular Co-Op an...
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Hey I’m 21 years old I live in Hollywood Florida I saved so far $30,000 and I searched up how to get in to real estate and start buying my first property
I heard about the popular method called BRRRR I saw YouTube vi...
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I recently looked at a single family home that I plan to flip. I’m putting an offer in this week and am trying to calculate my rehab expenses. The home is up the street from a lake and the interior of the home has a T...
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My tenants (12 guys- a Sober Living home) told me rats were in the garage...where they keep 5 fridges. On inspection, I saw there was a lot of food dribbles and spills from the fridges and the outer door was left open...
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Hi all, im a Graduate student looking into getting into real estate investing soon, and I have a few questions and am curious to hear what other peoples thoughts are.1. Down PaymentsHow do you guys determine what you ...
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Hello!
I've been working to get into the rental market in Jacksonville Florida with the eventual purchase of duplex and I have a few questions below that I think the BP community might be able to help out with.
1.) ...