Chen Zhou
My second ADU project in the Bay Area (why and how?)
Hi everyone,
I've got tremendous help and support from this forum in the past 3 years. To give back to this community, I thought I'd share information on the second ADU project I'm working on in Santa Clara. I posted...
Brian Cassanego
Tough Decision whether to sell my one unit and buy more
Hello,Brand new here and would love anyone's input on this. I own a condo in San Francisco. Bought it in 2004 and it has appreciated quite a bit. I have a little over 1M in equity and I am currently renting it and ...
Account Closed
How do I take the first BIG step with no money and no credit?
Time is money and everyone who joins one of the several similar forums out there is likely looking for some education so they can either make their first deal in real estate, or polish their skills. Unfortunately, ex...
Andrew Reich
How to invest in buy and hold if a crash is coming?
Hi there. Whilst I'm a newbie to real estate, i'm no newbie to business. At 26 i started my own company (in China) and recently sold it for millions. Now I want to create passive income and I have created a strong ...
Jesse S.
House hacking in Brooklyn seems impossible
A little background..... I live in Brooklyn with my wife and 2 kids. We love real estate but find ourselves priced out of our local market. We own two out of state SFRs that we bought turnkey and they are performing w...
Jay Hinrichs
Real Estate Brokers is this legal in your STATE
http://theriangroup.com/your-home-guaranteed-sold-in-29-days-or-we-buy-it/In our market in Portland Oregon there is usually one mega agent running this schemeand I know its kind of an old play ( at least to us old gu...
James Kandasamy
AC cannot cool below 78F
Hi BPers,We have a house that was built in 1984 in Texas. The tenant claims that the AC cannot cool down below 78 F. The outside temperature was around 100 F when they claim this. The AC is running all the time. The A...
William Allen
Cash out refinance success
I wanted to post the story of a rental house that we purchased a few months ago and just got done with a cash out refinance. The numbers are great and I think they will give some of you the motivation needed to pull ...
Imeh Esen
Investors doing poor rehabs for a quick sale
This is really bothersome but to be expected. I just cancelled a contract on a property I was planning to purchase because as time progressed we discovered so many defects on construction. Poor craftsmanship, lazy com...
Carrie Brauninger
first property advice
Hello, I am wondering what ppl's thoughts are on this scenario. I live in Denver metro area and can't afford to buy a property as an investment property as the down payment will take awhile to save due to cost of ho...