Ned Carey
Rent Skimming - long
Background,
A woman who couldn't afford her payments left Maryland. Her bank started foreclosure and stopped about 1 1/2 years ago. She filled out the paperwork for a deed in lieu of foreclosure and the bank refused...
Tess Sweet
ADU on Duplex R2 lot question
We are in escrow on a duplex zoned R2 that has a detached garage that was converted into an additional unit without permits. The housing department states that it needs a new certificate of occupancy because it's no l...
Greg R.
Quote from maintenance company - are they trying to rip me off??
Ok, so I've been skeptical for many, many years of hiring a PM. My main concerns were that a PM wouldn't care for my properties like I would, that I would pay exorbitant amounts for any kind of maintenance, and that t...
Joshua Dorkin
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Brian Bradley
Separate Your Children Or Assume All Risk
The fact is that not all LLCs are the same. Some are just better for asset protection then others. The best LLC structure is the Series LLC. Like any good parent, we want to protect our children. This is accomplishe...
Richard W.
I made a newbie mistake, WORST possible, bought a 2nd! Advice please.
Like the title says, after months of research, I felt reasonably confident to buy my first foreclosure at an online county auction. I'm not an investor, this was for my family and I to live in.
I ended up pay...
Dale K Poyser
Best cities for RE Investing in Southern California
Hi BiggerPockets Community - pretty new to the site and forums. I am not sure if this has been posted already, if it has then my apologies in advance and please point me to that thread.I've been looking at different R...
Sunny Burns
I rejected applicant, he said he would pay $150 extra/month
First time landlord here. We just started advertising our rental 3 weeks ago. $1675/month for a 3 bedroom in Garfield NJ. We've gotten a lot of interest, 30 different groups of visitors, of those 8 applicants...We wan...
Courtney M.
WHAT THE HECK? Fannie Mae being shady?
Hey guys! I am in the process of getting an REO under contract through Fannie Mae, and LAST MINUTE they sent me this bogus Real Estate Purchase Addendum that TOTALLY negates the terms in our agreed upon offer.....My a...
Missy H.
Kids upstairs are running around and making noise
I have a two family and just rented out the upstairs to a couple with two young kids. The husband has excellent references and has been paying the rent on time. They want to live there long term and he has even done...