Tyler Adams
Family member living in owner occupied multi family
I have a nephew graduating from college and relocating to my area. I’m thinking about buying another 2-4 unit multi family building with him on the loan and him occupying 1 unit so we can use an FHA 3.5% loan. I wil...
Miya Scott
Real Estate Agent vs. For Sale By Owner
Hello BiggerPockets forum,I have an out of state investment property that cost me a little more than I anticipated and I am looking to save money by listing the property as for sale by owner. Any Precautions/hesitatio...
Chris Serger
Foreclosing from the 2nd Position?
I'm new to notes, have read/listened a bunch and attended Martin Saenz's workshop. I'm still not clear what's required of the investor in the event you have to foreclose (though that is not what my goal in this busine...
Gustavo Gonzalez
Lender is asking me to refinance after 1 yr in a 30 yr mortgage
Here is the scenario. My lender for a triplex that I acquired February 2013 contacted me and asked if I would be willing to refinance my current mortgage to the exact same terms and they will cover all the costs o...
Jesse Smith
Sub-Metering Power and Water - Understanding Check
I've read quite a few posts about sub-metering water and power for a large home that was converted to multiple units. However, I feel like I may be misunderstanding how it works. I've contacted a local electrician a...
Account Closed
Southern California home sales crash - Corelogic
Southern California home sales crash - Corelogic (Nothing to see here, move along) ;-)Are we at the tipping Point . . . ????"Southern California home sales hit the brakes in June, falling to the lowest reading for th...
Matt Rathburn
Smartmove Tenant Screening Question - Cosigner?
This is my first time using Smartmove. The situation is I have a potential renter, she submitted an application and Smartmove and I'm not impressed for a number of reasons, inlcuding: 3 felonies for theft and fraud (m...
Monica Kovalsky
LLC Accounting Questions for New LLC Owners (cross posting)
Hi everyone!My husband @Kevin Kovalsky and I have been in the process of setting up a business structure for our rental properties where each property is in its own LLC and then all the individual building LLC's are o...
Lynn Currie
Video Diary of an Austin, Texas Spec Home
Hi All,I'm FINALLY ready to launch something that I've been working on - a new construction project documented through videos.In order to get a head start and work through some of the logistics of setting up the video...
Nicho Pruett
Tenant pours bag of quick cement in toilet
A friend of mine had a disgruntled tenant who they were about to evict. The tenant poured a bag of quick cement in the toilet and has destroyed the system. Is there any kind of insurance that could have been purchased...