Let me start off by saying that I'm a newbie. Walked an REO today. The property has list price of $240K. After walking around with my repair estimator to give me a rough estimate of costs, I came up with $55K for the ...

Hey everyone! At this point, I've cast a wide net and still no luck finding an insurance broker to "add to my team", so to speak. My rehab insurance is running out, my investment property is almost rent-ready and my c...

Hello Folks,

First of all I want to thank the community & BP to bring together so many great resources for light-weight investors like myself. I have been going through BP forums, blogs and podcasts and there is ...

Investment Info:

Single-family residence buy & hold investment.

Purchase price: $649,900

Cash invested: $136,000

This is my first residence, the basement is a full unit that we are planning on re...

Our real estate agent mentioned to the appraiser (prior to the appraisal) that their was a backup offer 'well above asking'.  She also mentioned that there had been a number of offers that exceeded asking price.She ha...

I am a Real Estate Agent here in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and I am looking to run my real estate business through an LLC to take advantage of some tax savings. The people who I am talking to are saying I need to wait t...

We have used Shelter for our homeowner's and auto policies for years, so when we entered the landlord game we continued with them, but I'm wondering if I should look for other options.We now have 5 rental policies wit...

Does anyone have experience of going directly with the lender like Providend? We always go through an agent who have their own fees. This time we were thinking of directly going through the lender as we already have 1...

Hello to all Real Estate Agents/investors!
I just passed my State Exam and I got approached by several brokers to work with them as their sales associate.
Which terms should I bring to the table in order to not have ...

I am working on getting my realtor license. Hoping to finish up the courses by end of month.  What should I be looking for in a brokerage? What questions should I be asking? I would like to preferably work in Conroe o...