New or seasoned real estate investors..Would you find it helpful to hire a project manager to handle everything for your investment property, from creating a scope and budget up to the point of selling or renting out ...

Hi Everyone, I wanted to get everyone's take on the real estate market in Daytona Beach and the Daytona Beach Shores area. I am very familiar with the area and know about the problems that have held this area back ove...

Hello BPers,  stumbled upon BP and then I was amazed to see so many detailed and informative discussions. I hope to learn as much as possible from here and make few friends along the way.My primary (only) job is I am ...

Hello BP! I am a newbie and I actually have been hanging out on BP for a while now I just haven't been active on the site. I have listened to countless podcast and I read anything that's real estate investing related....

So I've just read chapter three of the UGB. Looking at the three different strategies, buy and hold looks like the most feasible, but I have to say, flipping and wholesaling certainly look attractive. I just want to t...

One of the things that makes me nervous about RE in contractors.  I hear so many bad instances with an RE investor or homeowner about contractor problems, though I have never hear the other side of those issues.  My q...

Hello, I'm wondering if anyone could explain on how to negotiate with lien holders. Let say I want to buy the third so I can buy out the second and first. Then I would call the third lien holder by tracking them dow...

Hello! Can someone tell me if water damage in a property should automatically disqualify a home when looking to buy a new property? I'm new to REI, so I'm not sure. Several properties I've seen online obviously hav...

Our agent is telling us that if we offered $400k for this condo, it could be viewed as disrespectful and damage negotiations from the outset (he would prefer offering $415-$420 and moving up from there if there is a c...

I have a strict no pet policy for my units.  I used to allow small pets but a couple irresponsible tenants allowed there animals to damage carpets, walls, etc. so I got out of the pet business.  Recently, a tenant mov...