Aaron White
Learned a lot, Major gut job that I still have as a rental
Investment Info:
Single-family residence hard money loan investment.
Purchase price: $105,000
Cash invested: $24,000
Purchased from a wholesaler using hard money lender and equity in home. House had...
Federico Gutierrez
How has your life changed since your 1st investment?
I would like to know how others investors life have changed since their first investment, did it meet expectations?I know that everyone loves a feel good story but investing is not easy and I have cried many times dur...
James Call
Issues with disruptive tenants in college condo and neighbors
My wife and I own a condo in a college town in Utah. We have 4 women renting the condo. Two are students and two are non-students who work in the area. One of the non-students and one of the students are roommates a...
Drew Slew
Heloc or not? disadvantages
Theres a lot of HELOC threads, quick q: condo from 150k now is around 220k, second home, BoA seems to offer HELOC for it, could potentially take out 50-60k at 5-6% interest, first 12 months lower interest. Payments se...
Roddy Wekkin
Debt/Income Ratio Question
I'm in the process of purchasing my first property. It is currently a rental property that rents for $1400/month. My current plan is to buy the property and occupy it myself for the next 6-18 months. It could use s...
Kk Brown
New Mom syndrome & Real Estate Investing
Greetings BP family, finally writing my 1st post, whew!!
I returned to 9 to 5 this week after 3 months maternity leave (Wow, Really!!!!) . Well, it's time to Run, YES, I said, [b]"RUN"... I'm ready to dust myself...
Mike Weston
Use Property Management or Give Notice to Vacate Myself
Hello, we are closing on a duplex very soon and there is a tenant in one side that we would like to give notice to vacate to. They are month to month so we can give a 30 day notice. They also have done significant d...
Jason Krawitz
Any downside to offering this?
I'm considering e-mailing this to my new tenants. Any thoughts or reasons why I shouldn't? Thanks!"As I am preparing the lease I recalled Chris mentioning you plan to live in the home for longer than the 15 month leas...
Account Closed
When to use contractor?
Hi BP members just a newbie needing a little insight....
I have heard to make many offers and not visit until one is accepted but how can I estimate costs without walking through with a contractor? We are leaning tow...
Simon Burton
Newbie living in Northern Virginia
Hello BP Community! I'm Simon and I'm originally from Dublin, Ireland but living in Northern Virginia (NOVA) just outside of Washington D.C for the last couple of years. My interest in real estate investing really onl...