Chris Kendrick
To many people in real estate
just starting out, and thinking about getting into real estate but the more and more i look online of how many properties are for rent and for sale is amazing, there are tons and tons of properties for rent and sale ...
Mark Forest
Odor and moisture from the crawl space
I had about 2” of water in my flooded crawl space in April. I sucked it out with a utility pump and opened all the crawl space vents. We have not had any heavy rains like we did with the spring thaw and the April sh...
Meghan McCallum
What is your best advice for turning a building "green"
Hello everyone!I am closing on a 20 unit building and my goal is to make it as "green" as possible. It currently has 7 vacant units, it is a 1928 brick building with a flat roof. So, I am looking for any and all of th...
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First Purchase: A distressed REO???
Hello,
First poster here. I have been studying up on real estate investing for some time now, and I finally am getting serious about taking the plunge. I live in northern Virginia and am interested in purchasing a ...
Matthew Miller
Knock Down Garage for rental income or Preserve for Refinancing
I am perplexed...I own a house in Oakland CA which has an attached studio that I rent on Airbnb. When times are tight I will rent the front house as well. In my backyard is a single car garage that was built in 1959 v...
Jerel Davis
Attached Shed Conversion To A Bedroom Closet
I bought a 3/1 1250 sqf home and there's an attached shed with finished roofing right beside the guest room and you can see how the framing is attached to the home. It's on a concrete slab. It's about 100 sqf. The ...
Courtney Buck
Coronavirus and Multifamily Investing
1. Coronavirus and Market Instability
Many of you are aware that I work at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), and I invest in the large (100+ unit) multifamily space. This puts me in a unique position to see how ...
Sylvia B.
Laundry hookups in small SFR
How important do you think it is to provide laundry hookups in a SFR?
We are starting rehab on a very small (640 sq ft) home. It will be a 2/1 with detached garage. The former owner had installed laundry hook...
Orlundo Hubbard
What's Holding Private Money Back From Deploying Capital?
Why is it so hard to raise capital these days? I have been talking to investors and discussing my interest in raising capital and I get the same response "Capital is tight", "no one's lending right now", and "Why woul...
Jeremy Marshall
Furnace vs Electric heat on Rehab
I am currently doing a complete rehab on a duplex (side by side) in Canandaigua (Finger Lakes). I intended to BRRRR this property after the rehab is done.Here is the issue that I am looking for feed back:Each duplex ...