Luba T.
Signed a contract but seller is passed away
Need some advice on how to proceed with the situation:We signed our part of the contract to buy a property, give 10% earnest money, but the owner is passed away without signing his part of the contract. Now, after 3 m...
Jacob Pereira
Incentives approved to bring Samsung's $17B plant to Taylor
Do you Austin-area BPers think this will clinch it for Taylor? or do you think Samsung is just doing this to sweeten the pot in Austin? or could they still go to dark horses AZ or NY? Is anyone making an real estate m...
Farid Adh
How much is option fee in Austin market?
We are putting an offer on a house in Austin and my agent says we need to put $400 for option fee. I looked up online and different web sites say the option fee is between $50 to $200. So how much is the option fee in...
Patrick Russell
Rental Arbitration - What???
Just getting started on my REI journey, and recently learned about rental arbitration and it piqued my interest. My noob question is, how do you even have the conversation with the property owner? What are some stra...
Marc Biedenkapp
CPA for real estate investor in Texas
Hi there,I'm looking for a CPA who has experience working with real estate investors in Texas. Thanks in advance!Regards,Marc
Paul Sandhu
Potential renter thinks your STR is too expensive?
Got a call from an engineer from India, kind of hard to understand with his accent. He works for Honeywell doing instrumentation. So I know he makes at least $40/hour and $120/day per diem. Told him that a furnishe...
Zach Adams
Seller Financing - How to make it sweet
Been working on this deal for a Triplex and heard from the son of the owner (who is the agent) that they would be open to seller financing the property. I can't qualify for a conventional/FHA right now (not enough ca...
Michael Junior
Wholesaler keeping deposit
I'll make this short..We were shown a property, our reno numbers came in around $160,000So we called the wholesaler and said were all set. They call us back and say hey we have a guy that can do it for $120,000 and we...
Robert Hursey
Interest and Seller Financing
My brother is hoping to buy a property from a family member via seller financing. The family member is not planning to charge interest which sweetens the deal. He was discussing this with someone who had done deals ...
Michael Ting
Cleveland housing market
I will be moving to Cleveland in a few months and expect to live there for the next 4 to 5 years. What are people's opinions' regading Cleveland's housing market? Should I invest in a property that I can live as well ...