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Hi BP Community, 1st time home buyer currently in escrow. 5 days ago lender suggested to lock rate at 5.99%, which we agreed to lock it in at that rate.Received a notice today that rate was unable to be locked due to ...
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Am dealing with an issue where my property manager has failed accomplish a home inspection after having requested it three weeks ago.
After digging into my contract with them, I noticed a 'Georgia Association of rea...
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So i've been reading a couple of books on real estate investing and get an overall sense of " get off your butt and start doing" The current book i'm reading is by Brandon Turner " the book on rental property investi...
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The hardest part of any endeavor for me as I imagine is for most people is resistance. I have for the last year been reading, studying, eating, breathing all things real estate. I have always had a love affair with ho...
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Scenario:1. Unlicensed broker puts a house under contract.2. Unlicensed brokers fails to close3. Unlicensed broker takes through several people under false pretenses4. Unlicensed broker gets property assigned5. Seller...
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Hi, I am in the middle of working on finances for a purchase of a multifamily house in Queens, NY. I`m planning to move out from my current place and move to the new house. I was speaking with my bank and they told me...
Under current Costa Hawkins (CH) law if a tenant is not using a rent controlled property as his/her principal place of residence, the landlord can raise the rent to market rate. Doing so usually results in a tenant fi...
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Hi All,I've been investing for a few years now and when I'm running numbers I always set aside a percentage of the rent for maintenance and cap ex. I adjust this number slightly based on the condition of the property,...
Hello all, I'm taking my Michigan state exam tomorrow afternoon and even though I've been studying my ass off I'm still a little nervous. I took my class through the Michigan Insittite of Real Estate. What I want t...