Savannah Leigh
birds in the bathroom (walls)
Side by side double, thin wall, no insulation between. Tenant found bird in basement...we thought we heard noises in the walls....yep, birds in wallss shared between 2 units and the 1st /basement shared floor.
How d...
Claudia Schmidt
Do you keep a 'maintenance' log? And a place for tenants to submit requests online?
1) Do you keep a maintenance log where tenants can submit their requests? If so, what do you use or how do you do it? I was thinking of creating a 'form' by Google Docs and in the move-in inventory check-list mention...
Ayo F.
Equator System for Short sales
I am an investor who has no real estate license. I would like to negotiate my own BofA short sales. BofA requires that all properties be listed with an agent.
1) Does that mean that my offers have to be submitted by t...
Punith Upadhya
Learning by doing -- can we help each other?
I've been reading The Book on Rental Property Investing, listening to BP podcasts, and watching YouTube videos in an effort to learn as much as I can about real estate investing before getting into the game...but I've...
Lesli Reed
Bird Dogging in Oakland, California
Hello,
I am glad to be hear I am wondering about an offer I got in the mail. A mailing from a Mr. Phillip Grove states that I can find investment property for his company and in return for listing the propert...
Eric Odum
FNMA Foreclosure - Certificate of Occupancy
Trying to buy a FNMA foreclosure in Tampa. The Florida FNMA addendum to the contract has some strange verbiage. It is as follows:
Certificate of Occupancy: If the Property is located in a jurisdiction that ...
Michael Carman
How to get contact information on a property not for sale?
There was a property that was on the market in New Jersey, but was taken off. Was not sold. Any ideas on how to get a contact name/ phone number for the owner to see if they want to sell? It was for sale but I believe...
Marc Cormier
Can a Probate Estate do a short sale?
Once someone dies and that person's estate enters probate. The executor is in charge of ensuring that the bills get paid, and the beneficiaries get any assets promised to them. One of the essential tasks the executor ...
Joshua Andrews
Interest rate calculations
I know there has been very detailed posts in the past regarding the differences between Yield, IRR and how to calculate them. For what I am doing however, I am a little confused on which metric I should refer to for a...
Devon Daniels
Mobile Home / Manufactured Home use from Tax Sale Alabama
I was planning on buying a MH with land in a tax sale in Alabama but I am unsure of the legality of entering it since it is technically personal property.Can a make improvements and rent it out?