Steve Nicewarner
REO contact at WaMu?
I'm trying to find an actual person at WaMu who can talk to me about a house they got back in forclosure about a week ago. It's not on any of their asset management websites, and I'm trying to find out what they are p...
Neil Palmer
Newbie REO Investor
Greetins all. My name is Neil, I am a new member and appreciate the welcome all newbies get. I have had my eyes on this site for a while but only joined now because I believe I can now bring something to the table fo...
John Thedford
Enforce Your Leases To Minimize Problems
Just checked the mail and there they were: rent checks ON TIME from previously "bad" tenants. My friend @Mindy Jensen had a post recently concerning what was a favorite lease clause landlords have. My response was the...
John Morgan
Best guess on when eviction freeze ends
So my tenants got behind on rent in January. I won the eviction case in court March 16th. They halted all evictions four days later before I could get a writ of possession. In the mean time, my tenants have been getti...
Ellie Perlman
Value Add vs Turn Key: Which One is Better?
Generally speaking, there are two main strategies when buying multifamily properties: Turn Key and Value Add. These strategies are very different and both have pros and cons.
In a turn key investment, the buyer does ...
Linda Williams-Jasper
Has anyone ever heard of this?
Okay, before I found Bigger Pockets I actually paid for a coach/mentor that I met during an unrelated business transaction. I wish I hadn't; I guess he's sorta mentoring me, but not really. Nevertheless, he recently...
James Yang
Help! Buying a Short Sale and it feels like my agent is not on my side!
I've been in the process of purchasing a shortsale home for the last 6 months. Since we did not have a purchasing agent going in, we took the advice from the short sale listing agent that we could use their firm as w...
Jenny Sung
Tenant is Trying to Break Lease - Advice/Insight
Hi I need some advice/insight regarding a property in the Greater Houston area with a Section 8 tenant.I'm almost 100% sure that the tenant is planning to break the lease. We had some pending maintenance items and we ...
Jason Malabute
the hardest part of BRRRR
Last November, I did my first rehab deal (BRRRR). I got it for $40k I put $30k in rehab and we thought it would appraised for $80k based on surrounding properties. The appraisal came back at $56k. I tried to challenge...
Ravi Chaudhari
Madison, Wisconsin and Grand Rapids, Michigan
Hey all,I'm from Los Angeles and have been looking at out-of-state markets. Both Madison, WI and Grand Rapids, MI are interesting me because it seems that I can buy a quality multi-family in my budget of 70-110k.Is t...