Dick Rosen
Online Rent Collection
I'd like to start a discussion regarding 2 different rent collection options. I'm comparing "Rent Payment Now" through ARPOLA to "eRentPayment". On the cover it appears that "eRentPayment" may be more cost effective w...
Cody Evans
Flipper Agreed To Work With Newbie
Hi All!A flipper has decided to walk me through two of his new homes he just acquired through the end of the flip as a learning experience. This is really cool. He wants me to estimate rehab costs and then he will com...
Crystal Dundas
Changing out Electric Heater, does AC needs to be replaced too?
Hi folks,A few weeks back, I decided, at the advice of all of you beautiful people to convert my rental from electric to gas heating. I just received the quote and the hvac guy is saying I have to change out my AC un...
Andrew Gonzalez
Finding Comps and Estimating ARV
Hello Lovely and Helpful BiggerPockets Community,
I'm currently looking to nail down my process (website by website, click by click) on analyzing Comps of a subject property so I can get an educated estimated ARV.
C...
Rachel Caron
HomeReady and Home Possible Loans
Does anyone here have any experience with the Fannie Mae HomeReady or Freddie Mac Home Possible loan programs? I am exploring my options for my first property and am intrigued by these. They are a little different fro...
Simeon Etoria
Need assistance
I'm recently venturing off into real estate investing. I'm having trouble getting comps or ARV's for properties. I do not obtain a realtors license and many realtors are not too open about this subject. If anyone know...
Andrew Austin
Online calculator vs. Agent
Will running the analysis on a lead I received, I found a large difference in what my real estate agent had vs. the online calculator for the average gross rent.Which one do you trust?
Eric Carr
Los Angeles RSO to raise 12 mont rent increases to 4%
Los Angeles RSO rent increases follow the Consumer Price Index. Almost every years since 1993, the allowable increase has been 3% (4% for anyone paying utilities). Starting in July, LA RSO is expected to approve a 4%...
Terrence Redmond II
Running Comps with Zillow/Redfin/Trulia etc!
Are people out there actually successful with running comps on websites like Zillow/Trulia/Redfin? I'm new to investing, but the little experience I have it seems almost impossible to get even a rough estimate. What...
Joseph Kirk
Insurance cost on a fully rented duplex?
Hi, I am located in NJ. I purchased a duplex last year and lived in one unit. My insurance was approx $1000/yr. Now i plan to have it fully rented and the policy is looking to be $1860 for the year. Is this reasonable...