Ken Nyczaj
Scrub walls to remove smoke damage
Hey Everyone,Just closed on my first flip in Maryland. The seller smoked heavily in the property, house is 1250 sq ft and is a rancher style. I was thinking we needed to remove carpet, scrub walls, and then prime, but...
Account Closed
Point Of Sale Ordinances Affecting Flips/Renovations
Anyone else coming across these? Some cities are now forcing sellers to have a city inspection before listing their homes on the market. Anything not up to code needs to be fixed prior to listing the home - in some ci...
Jovon English
What would you do with 100K?
Hello,I recently sold a house in Southern California where the market is tanking so I do consider myself lucky enough to get it sold without losing a ton of money. Anyway, what should I do with the profit? I'm singl...
Markus Gomez
The risks of wholesaling
Good evening everyone, I spoke with my broker this week about getting into wholesaling. While she wasn’t 100% for it, she didn’t say I can’t do it. Her issue is that she thinks I will be taking on a lot of risk. I per...
Tom Chen
This is wrong and sets a BAD precedent against investors...
Couple that buys street through tax defaults, are being discriminated against.
Ashley Benning
Finding deals that meet 70% rule: Mission Impossible?
Fellow BPers in Los Angeles and environs,
I've been doing deal analysis for MONTHS and cannot find properties that meet that 70% rule for fix and flip and BRRR. I'm wondering if these can only be found off market and...
Bernard Evans
Should I stay or should I go?
Thanks for reading my first post on Bigger Pockets. I need your advice. In 2015 my wife and I sold our home in LA for a healthy profit and moved to SLC. I knew nothing about real estate, but listened to my CPA and dec...
Andres Andrade
HOA Short-Term Rentals
Hello all, My wife and I closed on our first property March 2021. We live in the property, but we want to list 2 of our rooms on Airbnb. We have been renovating the extra rooms and getting them ready to list. However,...
David Chance
Self Directed IRA - checkbook control or not?
Looking to see what type of SDIrA others who invest in notes are using --> checkbook or custodian. I don't like all of the custodian fees, but I think it is safer (with regards to the IRS) than the checkbook.I'm ...
Jane A.
Top 3 advices for a new landlord!
I have just started with few rental duplexes and fourplexes and learned already from my mistakes to do thorough background check, quick eviction and provide quick service. But I do not want to make all possible mista...