Ross Pino
General Contractor refusing to fulfill contract
Hello BP friends, I am a new investor in need of some advice. On my very first flip I found a Licensed and Bonded General contractor to rehab a house I had purchased. This guy came in and sold me from the beginning to...
Daniel Ordonez
BRRRR How do I scale?
I just recently bought my first income property out of Stockton (triplex) and have been renting it out. I did an FHA with the 3.5% down. I am looking to start scaling but don't have much money to invest with the next ...
Jake C.
Debt Sweet Spot on Rental Property
Hi All,There seems to be 3 common approaches to financing rental properties:1- Buy in cash. Hold in cash. Debt is bad. 2- Buy with the absolute minimum necessary out of pocket for the longest possible term.3- Somewher...
Richard Carpenter
Just contacted by a Real Estate Agency who asked do I need help? What now?
I am a very new, newbie who hasn't even accomplished my first deal yet. For a couple of years now, I've had two RE agencies sending me properties for sale, as if I were a buyer. I was just window shopping until it was...
David Niu
Tenant in jail after closing
Hello BiggerPockets friends!I closed on my first rental property about a week ago, it’s a duplex with both side occupied. Few days after close I was made aware one of the tenants had been locked up in jail (6 felonies...
Philip LaRoche
Tenant damage to my property
Hello all,Let me begin by saying thank you for any advice on this subject.I am new to renting property as the landlord. I have rented in the past and never have I ever come close to this issue.My tenant moved in Oct 1...
Romulus Olariu
30-year term on commercial loan?
Hey everyone, I'm new here and looking forward to connecting about real estate investing. My partner and I are in the process of buying a 12-unit multi-family building in the West Chicagoland area for $700,000.
The ...
Susan Snodgrass
New to investing... What to do with $200k HELOC?
Hello BP Community!First time poster here! My husband and I are both teachers living in southern Orange County, CA, and we want to jump into real estate investing. Since our area in California is very expensive, we ar...
Kyle B.
Help with searching probate filings
So I went to the Clerk's office at the county courthouse to look through the probate filings. When I asked to do this, I was told I could only look through filings if I provided them with a name, which I wasn't abl...
Steve Miller
how much can I "Afford"? :-)
I'm new to Commercial and finding it challenging to figure out how much sales price I can afford. Having bought and sold 5 SFRs over the last 15 years I'm not new to RE. I am new to commercial. I see properties I li...