Hi folks!In my jurisdiction, and I'm sure it's common in most others as well, any rehab over $50,000 in cost requires permitting and a contractor's license if your are legal entity.  If you are filing as an individual...

With the likelihood that a Fall COVID outbreak will force schools to close and adapt a virtual teaching platform parents will incur the cost of time and lost wages to supervise and teach their children. I understan...

Economic Update(Monday, February 22, 2021)
The minutes from the Federal Open Market Committee’s Jan. 26-27 meeting, released last week (after their customary three-week delay), show that members of the Committee ...

I’ve just completed the rehab on a property and started taking rental applications. I’ve received an application via Zillow (with their credit/background check), and received what appears to be a very qualified applic...

Couple that buys street through tax defaults, are being discriminated against.

Here's the background: I have an investment property under contract here in the DFW area, and we are actively looking for a primary residence as well.   Both together might possibly put me over DTI restrictions. (I've...

Hear me out.Usually the process is that first, you select a market you are interested in (especially for OOS investors) and then look for boots on the ground.Over the past 6 months, I have selected a few interesting m...

Im going to buy my first Airbnb (had one with a partner a few years ago but it didnt do to well so we sold it after 2 years, was a breakeven deal pretty much)So trying to do some more research and due diligence this t...

Hi all,I have been renting SFH, houses by the room, and duplexes part time since I started in 2007. Now, instead of practicing law, I decided to go into real estate full time.I have been flipping, and have been making...

Few questions for the BP community:1.  How do you deal with a contractor that asks what other estimates have come in at and then either matches the price or beats it by just a little bit, then expects to win the work?...