Courtney Rollins
NEWBIE WALKING PROPERTIES W/ CONTRACTORS
Hi all,I’m a newbie to REI and am looking to buy and hold distressed single family and small multi unit properties on specific blocks in the Baltimore area. I plan to finance using savings and hard money before refin...
Kevin McGuire
Passively investing in passive income generation
Hello fellow BP'ers,I have a friend who is starting his retirement but is anxious about no longer "getting a paycheck". The issue is psychological, not financial. He's been financially fortunate working in high tech, ...
Sean Kollee
inner city duplex part 9-12
Ok, we are up to post 9, I am just about to begin some real construction work now. I have to gloss over a lot of detail work to get this material up, I havent touched on the hours of details, plans, permits, etc. ba...
Taryn J.
WHAT ARE THE PROS AND CONS OF REAL ESTATE AGENTS
What are the pros and cons of an Investor working with a Real Estate Agent?
Kiersten Vogt
Septic Inspections? Do you do them or waive ALL contingencies?
We're putting a cash offer in on a property. It's a property that needs some work and we'll be living in it and then doing a cash out refinance to purchase another investment property. It has a septic system and has b...
Scott Gammenthaler
Potential renter "injured" during property tour
Hey BP community, Ok, heres the story. While my helper was on your standard rental showing appointment, talking with another interested party, a young woman unlocked the window in one of the bedrooms in the back of th...
Chad Clanton
Common and Unusual Findings: A Home Inspector's Journal
In inspecting homes here in San Antonio, I've found some really good and some really crazy work. Some days are "wow, that's a really good job", and others are "oh boy...I just saw that, didn't I?" So, I've decided to ...
Rocky Gibson
First Time Rental Property Purchase - Quick Question
Hi Everyone!A bit about me - I recently purchased my first home in June, and am now currently house hacking that property. This, along with my sister's background in real estate with 9~ units, got me excited to start ...
Peter Kopchik
Dealing with hoarding tenants
I have a 2 family house, I live on 1st floor and have tenants on 2nd floor. They have a lot of stuff borderline hoarders. It started small but they keep accumulating more stuff on their porch, their stairs and the pat...
Swarochisa Kandregula
HELOC Loan appraisal issue
My wife and I applied for a 200k heloc loan at a local credit union. Our house(new townhome 2021) on redfin was valued at 1.08M when I applied and the outstanding mortgage was about 682k. With this valuation I was sur...