Jennifer Duke
Buyer not performing
I am selling a house in the orange county California area. Buyer has been saying for more than two weeks that they "cant get their money out of their account". It's a man and a woman. I'm guessing somebody is ambivale...
Divya Prasad
New Braunfels Deal - Yay or Nay?
Hello BP community,I am looking for advice on this deal, and the New Braunfels location in general. I am hearing that the market is slowing down there and may not be a good place to invest. But it has a fairly low pro...
Jake Kain
Foundation issue
Good morning-I recently discovered some foundation/structural issues with my primary residence. My girlfriend and I were moving furniture in a room that we currently haven’t much use for. I noticed a pretty significan...
Brigg Backer
National REI insurance
Has anybody used National REI insurance for a multi family property? Looking to insure a fourplex with a purchase price of $325k about 3000 fsf and the quotes are all coming back around $4k/year. REI is about $16...
Frank McGovern
Help with 1st deal!!
I am about to get my 1st property under contract. The seller wants $17k. Needs $5k in repairs. A house on the block sold in Dec. (same attributes as the house Im getting under contract) sold for $60k. There are houses...
Jack Yvars
Primary Residence flip
Hi is there anyway that I could flip a primary residence and take the gains and defer them into another property? I believe I had to have owned it for two years which I have not and I’m not totally sure what to do bes...
Michael Dodson
House Hacking and One percent rule
If you’re house hacking in say a duplex and the mortgage is $1,0000 but the rent collected for one side is $800. Does it still meet the one percent rule because if you moved out and rented your side it’d be $1,600 in ...
Josh Wendt
ROI on single family rentals?
What is a rule of thumb ROI percentage to shoot for with single family rentals?
Robert H.
Conventional financing question
Hello, I currently have a day job with W2 income, but like many others here that have already taken the leap or have plans to, I would like to free myself from the rat race somewhere down the line. I have talked to ...
David Ivy
December & Year-End 2016 Austin Area Housing Market
Here are the basic stats on single-single family homes sales for Dec. 2016 for the City of Austin and the Greater Austin Area.Here are excerpts of from a recent press release from the Austin Board of REALTORS®:“The Ce...