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What percentage of my rehab budget should be set aside as a cushion. Right now the renovation budget is at 45k and we haven't opened any walls, looked at the roof or the furnace. We know we want to update the kitchen,...
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I walked into equity on my first property (and only, so far) then forced the rents with a cosmetic rehab.
Now I'm ready to do a cash out Refi, which my current lender is willing to do at around 6.5%.
The appraisal ...
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Has everyone noticed that the rental market in PGH been especially difficult this year? My properties are in Brentwood, used to be able to get many applicants, but now it's just a trickle in the height of summer and q...
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Decreased Housing Supply Continues to Lessen Affordability: Zillow by Jacob Passy ...
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One of the early questions for an investor is: WHERE?After listening to experts, the criteria a new investor looks for in a "first flip" house would be: Entry Level home with relatively standard design (cape, ranch, s...
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I'm Quentin and just wanted to say hello. Started posting some replies to posts that were relevant to me and hopefully useful for other people as well.
Joshua this is not a sales pitch just what ...
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What is the market saying in the Huntsville / Madison market... is it better to buy and hold or flip?
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Hi,
Newbie here. Currently living in DC- Cap Hill area, have a son, single mom, and trying to make my next move the best move. I’m anchored to the DMV area by way of work and a custody agreement. Ideally I’d like to...
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¡Hola amigos!
My business partner and I pretty successfully BRRRed our property and as the dust on the refi. settles and we look at our marketing budget we are debating whether to put a letter campaign out for probat...
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I NEED ADDED VALUE IN THE REHAB SPEC PLAN. Looking for recommendations and suggestions for how to ensure the specs for my interior rehab meet the threshold for certain expectations for my buyers market. I dont plan to...