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Hello BP Friends - Not sure where to post this, and looking for feedback. We are a couple of newbies ages 50 and 54, residing in NYC, and have been advised by an experienced investor (from BP) that we're too old to be...
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Well sort of. I have to pay back taxes of $20k and about $1k in back water. And, yes it needs a full rehab but if I did my numbers right after all is said and done I'll be sitting pretty. I close this week so once I d...
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Value is over 1 million I only owe 240k.
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I inherited a 60 unit multi family apartment complex from my uncle.. the apartments are located in Maryland.. we hired someone to manage them and they were stealing us blind.. I fired them and quit my job ( i owned a ...
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Looking at this now, I should have posted this a while ago... Two months ago a situation came up for one of my rentals. Two of my tenants were arrested, sent to jail, and will not be returning anytime soon. The one te...
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I am a physician. For years, I owned and self-managed or had a property manager for up to 5 SFR at a time. After a divorce, I sold all 5 properties and made money (1 was basically break-even). However, managing was ti...
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So does anyone negotiate with bids they received from general contractors on rehabs?
If so how do you usually go about that?
I put together a detailed scope of work and a bid document for the contractors. They the...
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Hello, My name is Ana I'm new to this site. I'm an investor in Union City. I currently own a 1 family and 2 family in Union City. I'm converting my 2 family into a 3 family. I got to say that it has not been an easy ...
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Hi Everyone,I'm cold calling pre-foreclosures and I'm having a bit of trouble with my approach. At first, I was approaching them as a real estate investor that buys homes for all cash and etc, but I noticed that I wo...
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My daughter is 11 and I routinely have her with me while I'm stopping by my rental. Problem is I'm running out of ideas on jobs I can say she's hired to do. Looking for ideas and thoughts from anyone who's done it. ...