Philip Bennett
Illegal immigrants as tenants
I have an applicant for a property in Anchorage, Alaska that is wanting to sign a lease for a family member that is an illegal immigrant. The individual wanting to sign the lease is unable to provide a completed appli...
Matthew McNeil
Are you willing to invest in RE appreciation with 2 caveats?
The context being today's market.Assumption: the new asset would be in addition to your existing positive cash flowing portfolio.Requirement: the new asset’s cashflow cannot be negative. It must at least break even a...
Davon Lowery
Do contractors not get it;more you charge me the less I can flip
Dude, this is a symbiotic relationahip. Trying to start my new REI project, a flip in Milwaukee. Trying to negotiate with a contractor to budge on the plumbing costs, he wants 10k to pipe a 2,200 sqft. duplex, I need ...
Brant Hampton
6% real estate agent or $300 Flat Fee Transactional Broker?
I am about a week away from finishing a very larger rehab project and want to ask if its worth it to use a traditional listing agent or to go with a flat fee transactional broker? I understand that no matter what I w...
John Hickey
Snake oils, gurus, “investment advisers”, experts. BP can do more
I saw a post that the other day where a BP member called out another member and accused him of being...full of shot....good stuff. Because it’s good when you know someone is watching. Is it possible @biggerpocketsmo...
Ryan Rush
Getting discouraged. Everything is going wrong at once.
Everything has gone wrong all at once. I have 13 doors- which you would think would be able to handle about any issues that popped up, but the issues have happened too fast. I had insurance require roofs to be done- s...
Andrew Neal
Anyone Buying Class-A Single Family Homes?
I'm just curious as to who in here is buying more of the Class-A type single family rentals? After listening to the Tim Shiner episode it got me thinking. A lot of people talk of buying the 30-50K home in Memphis or w...
Chris Gawlik
Whats it like to invest in C or D class properties?
I think with the economy the way its headed there is going to be a need for more affordable housing.
Wanted to hear from those of you who are successful in the C and D class property niche. How many properties do y...
Calus Glispie
Deal turned down bc of my “$1” earnest money..
So one of my deals I’m working on took me a while to get in contact with the owner but after following up we spoke and agreed on a price. i emailed him the contract and he said he didn’t like the dollar amount for the...
John Williams
Your first deal
It seems like starting out is probably the toughest part of REI. So many fail to ever follow through with their plans.
I wanna hear about your very first deal no matter how big or small, good or bad. Go into as much ...