Steve Hannibal
Refrigerator, washers, and dryers...include them or not?
I am about to rehab my first property as a buy and hold rental. It is a 3 bed 3 bath SF home. Part of my rehab will be a new kitchen including new cabinets, range, dishwasher and counter tops, etc. My question ...
Marlon D Nangle
Advice on structuring negotiation with a few variables
Hey folks,In preliminary talks on a small 3 bed 1 bath house near a hospital. House built mid 50s. Has good potential for MTR and LTR as back up. Vendors are a senior couple. House has been updated on main floor and i...
Andre Noumair
Taking the plunge in Houstob
Well finally, after 4 months of listening to every podcast on BP, reading J scott books on estimating and flipping as well as the FLIP book, both are awesome resources may I add, I have decided to take the plunge.I h...
Vikas Raoot
Additional income generation ideas in STRs
Has anyone implemented additional streams of income in short term rental properties that add to your existing source of primary income from them? E.g vending machine (luxury food/drink items etc). Any brainstorming id...
Nate Boda
Figuring out how much to budget for capex
hey guys so I'm thinking about putting in an offer on a duplex in my area but am a little stumped on how much to figure in for capital expenditures. I'm using a 10% of rent number for vacancies and a 5% of rent for ma...
Venkat Tarakad
Seller not responding to a pool inspection
We put an offer on the house which has a pool. The offer was accepted. Home inspection was done and the seller agreed to fix few basic things. Septic inspection failed and the seller agreed to fix that. The pool inspe...
Anna Estes
PMI effecting short sales
I have not seen this problem addressed in short sale discussions.
I am losing some short sales because of the Private Mortgage Insurance. The lenders refuse to discount the mortgage because the insurance company deman...
Tristan Brenner
NEED HELP with construction management!
I'm a new investor/ builder out of Washington State and just finished my first new construction custom home build last year. I'm currently working to convert one of my rental properties into a duplex.I have worked in ...
Robert Alexis
Urgent, possible loophole to save my earnest money
I placed an offer on a bank owned foreclosure that was accepted 9 days ago and am currently under a fully executed contract. We discovered a leak in the roof that will significantly increase rehab cost, making my HM L...
Joshua Zdunich
Closed on my first BRRRR, Questions about financing
Hello everyone! I am new to BiggerPockets and Real Estate. This is my first post, so please forgive any newbie mistakes but feel free to give me constructive criticism. My prop story...
This is my first property. ...