Jackie F.
Lender Requiring 12 Months Escrow for Taxes & Insurance
My current lenders for a primary residence I am purchasing is requiring 12 months of escrow UP FRONT AT CLOSING for taxes and insurance PLUS the normal contribution going forward.I have a shortsale on credit report da...
Zac Garthe
Price in security systems for buy-and-hold residential rental?
Newbie investor, looking to purchase my first rental in the next few months in greater Denver. In researching my submarket, one dilemma I've encountered is a perception of higher-than-average crime. I thought installi...
Todd Whiddon
Diary of a POP TOP Second Story Addition Project
Intro…Keeping with the spirit of @J Scott 's “Diary of a New Construction Project” where we jumped into a HUGE project that we never really had done before, “Tear a house down and build a new one back”. This adventu...
Collin Savunen
Why hasn't the market crashed yet?
I have been listening to all of the podcasts recently and reading and searching the forums alot. It's has been said that the market will crash soon for the past 3-4 years from what I have found. I am not a market foll...
Ben Leybovich
CLOSED on a 98-unit TODAY!
So, we had another thread going for a couple of weeks here. And this is not yet a success story, since a lot of work needs to be done to make it a success. But, today, @Sam Grooms and I closed on this 98-unit in Phoen...
Andrew Fidler
Toledo Lead Paint Law...Halted for the THIRD Time
https://www.toledoblade.com/local/city/2020/06/26/kapszukiewicz-administration-delays-lead-safe-housing-enforcement-citing-coronavirus/stories/20200626079The latest and greatest on the Toledo Lead Ordinance. The 2019 ...
Elizabeth Goff
NREIG/Affinity Insurance & umbrella liability insurance
I have a couple of properties in Detroit that are insured by NREIG/Affinity. I went to get an umbrella liability policy for my properties (these and also those in other states) with my insurer in California, State Fa...
Mark Ferguson
Should I sell my Colorado rentals and invest somewhere else?
I have 15 rentals in Colorado that I have bought over the last five years. Most of the houses I purchased from $80k to $130k, made repairs and rented for $1,200 to $1,600 a month. I looked at my last couple of purchas...
Quinton Slay
Trying to help my girlfriend/ fiancee get the big picture
My girlfriend and I are trying to buy a 4 family home in Rhode Island. We want to live in a unit and rent the other three units (House hacking). My girlfriend seems to not understand why we need to house hack opposed ...
Stephanie Baron
Turning Primary Residence into first investment Property
Context: I am just starting out as a newbie investor and landlord after many years of hesitation. I have turned my primary single family rowhouse in Philadelphia into a rental. I did this because 1) that was always th...