Hello Everyone!My name is David, I'm a new investor. At the moment I'm in the process of educating myself before I begin Investing which will be either by November or December 2015.I'm going out of town to Vegas for a...
I've heard various estimates for closing costs, ranging from 2.5-5% of the property value to the $1500-$2500 that the BP calculator suggests. I'm assuming that all cash offers will be a bit cheaper than convention fin...
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I am struggling with the timeline of getting a loan for a flip, offering/negotiating, estimating costs, appraisal and developing your scope of work. This has a lot to do with I'm new ...
Hi BP, no matter how many times I re-read David Greene's "Long-Distance Real Estate Investing" book, I still have trouble understanding how to quickly estimate rehab costs when you are looking at multiple different po...
Hi All,As I slowly stack money away for my first future rental purchase, I have a few questions regarding estimating rehab costs when going through practice reps. I'm basically going through properties on Realtor and...
I have the money to start another mass mailing campaign, but my sticking point is that I don't know how to accurately estimate repair cost. Where do I get started in learning how to do this?At this point, I'm not even...
Okay, let me start by saying I know the ideal thing to do would be to walk a property with a contractor or three and look for everything that needs to be repaired and get multiple bids. But when that is not an option,...
I'm in the process of reading J, Scott's "The Book on Estimating Rehab Costs". It's a good read and very informative, but I'd like to systematize this information to more efficiently analyze properties and obtain reha...
About to start the second edition edited in, I believe, 2018. Does anyone have any thoughts on whether or not the content has become obsolete or remains relevant? I’m currently reading, listening, and learning and pla...
I have been doing lots of research on Foreclosure properties. How to price these properties etc. I want to know if I contact the Realtor representing the bank on a Foreclosure property if they will allow me to walk th...