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Hello everyone! We have a 100 y/o single family buy&hold in Missouri and would like to turn the attic into usable space. ideally we could keep the rafters exposed in keeping with the character of the home, so the ...
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I have to start with saying that I have been reading and listening on BiggerPockets for a while and had a hard time finding properties to begin with. My wife is a Realtor with KW and I help her out with placing her si...
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I have just returned to the No. Va. from S.W. Fla.and I’m puzzled about what is happening at the settlement table here.Now as a Realtor I am well aware that the settlement agent conducting the closing will tell anyone...
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Hi,I am looking at a property to flip. Looking for alternative financing other than a conventional loan. I was told by a successful investor that if a private or hard money lender requires you to put money down that ...
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I would like to know how the more experienced members feel about cities which have chained very little in the past 20 years. If you would like a specific context, The Dalles Oregon.That’s the town I grew up in and am ...
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I have been looking into buy & hold investing in the greater NYC area of NJ, primarily Hudson, Essex, and Bergen counties and I've come up with a few questions. I'm trying to understand what motivates people to mo...
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I am reading the book The Millionaire Real Estate Investor by Gary Keller right now and finding the book fascinating. It is one of the best investment books I have read in a while. He has a section in there where he t...
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We were on a budget when we bought our foreclosure. It had hideous old 80s style countertops. You know, the old fake yellow wood stuff. We spent a lot of time comparing all of the cheaper and creative options withi...
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I'm continuing to search for a vacation home that we can use list as a STR when we're not using it. We walked away from one that we really liked after it was found to have some serious foundation issues. We've been lo...
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My husband and I are going to be landlords! We've chatted about this over the years, but over the last year we resolved to either make a purchase or give up the dream.We made an offer on our first property yesterday ...