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Hey everyone,
I’ve been working in real estate for a little bit now, and like many of you, I’ve found that two big challenges keep coming up:
Finding distressed or off-market properties before they get picked up b...
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Just purchased a large 5 units with multiple section 8 tenants in pending evictions that have been going on for at least the last 3 months if not longer. For the terms of my loan I need to occupy one of these units wi...
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Hi guys, Starting out in the STR management space and have a couple currently under management from friends and family relationships. Ive been browsing the forums and trying to find the biggest issues LLs have with pr...
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So house hack is often touted as the best way to get started in real estate. I wholeheartedly agree. There is a real downside though that I did not consider when I got started in real estate many years back.My first d...
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Hey guys,
Just this morning I got news from the contractors that the bedrooms in the last unit of my 3 unit property needs complete gut job and is gonna end up costing me $2,000.
Not a good way to start the morning....
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Hello BP community,My current tenants would like to replace the appliances I have in my condo. The appliances do work but they are old. She does understand that she agreed on renting the place with current appliances ...
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Whether you know it or not, everyone of you has goals. The problem is that many of us don't consciously set our goals instead we drift through life with whatever goals seem appropriate at the time. I'm sure many of ...
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Hi Everyone!!I'm new to the forum and a fairly new investor. My husband and I just purchased a lakefront property in Lake Arrowhead (3/2 with a loft). My goal is to airbnb it once it has been fully rehabbed. My qu...
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DFW newbie. I have my funding, I have my down payment, now I need a house!
Big problem! It seems in my market, every thing out there has some big money group squatting it with contingency offers etc. Everyt...
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Hello BP members, After a recent meeting with some fellow investors in my marketplace Cleveland Ohio it was scary that we all have stories of out of town investors contacting us to check in on their properties that t...