Barbara L Dainoff
Need advice - I bought a bad flip
Maybe not the best place to ask for advice - I bought a home in N Central MA advertised as totally renovated, a pristine revival. Among other attributes was a new roof and new high efficiency HVAC. What I've learned...
Ashley Shearer
Multiple Realtors - offensive?
Hello - my husband and I are closing on our first house this Friday (duplex, house hacking). We plan to buy many more houses over the years and build this business. We're using a realtor who has been very helpful and ...
John Matthews
Foundation Repair Question
Hey BP,So I just got my first house under contract (woohoo!) and everything looks good. Rehab is pretty straight forward, except for one thing: there's definitely foundation issues. There's a pretty solid vertical cra...
John Morey
WHOLESALING (no buyer wants it...what do you do now?)
Good morning.... Please play along with this scenario. I surely would like to hear from the seasoned wholesalers. I am certain some of have come across this situation..... please play along and don't read too much int...
Ben Petersen
RE Agents: Insulting to lowball offers?
Hey fantastic RE agents of BiggerPockets! Earlier today, I was speaking with a friend of mine regarding a few properties that I am looking at. One of the property’s is a SFH fixer upper and the owners are “extremely m...
Shawn Q.
Set for Life question: using Roth as savings location
I just finished @Scott Trench's Set for Life (as you can no doubt tell from how often I reference it) and I had a thought/question I'd like to put to everyone. What do you think about using a Roth IRA as a component o...
Account Closed
Financial planning - What's a plan without considering real estate?
Retirement / financial planning are extremely important tasks. My biggest beef and frustration though is that the vast majority of planners fail to consider real estate and other investments when building a plan.
As ...
Scott T.
The Legality of REIs Paying a Finders Fee to a Realtors, etc. ???
Hello BPers,I recently met with an experienced realtor who worked for a larger RE brokerage in Arizona that after a decade or more experience remains under the impression that a (non- licensed) investor cannot pay a...
Dannielle Hoffman
ikea kitchens - good or bad idea?
Hi Everyone!So I finally took the plunge & bought a flip-in (a property to flip that I also live in while doing it). I have been doing good and tackled several smaller projects myself (paint, flooring, fixture rep...
Luc M.
Return in Tax Lien Certificates
So, let's say you have an amount of money sufficient that you can buy a nice diversified portfolio of tax liens in a handful of states (live and online bidding Counties). What do you think the return potential would ...