Navdeep Raj
250K Investment in to-be hot pocket in North Austin
I’m in contract for a 3B-2B house in 78729. Its built 1985, 1150sqft (1550sqft including a converted garage to a large 2nd living area) and is a corner lot. So far my research says Austin is not a good place for inves...
Saim Chaudhry
Funding Fix/Flip with Private Funds
Hello,
A local real estate investor who has taken me under his wing and is helping me learn told me something that interested me. He said one of his friends flipped houses with no money out of his own pocket....
Jane Irwin
Lending through IRA
We are recently retired, new to investing and belong to a local REI club. We have been approached by different individauls who want to borrow money. Specifically a loan of $25,000 at 8 percent and the borrower was l...
Michael Attaway
Inheriting Tenants
Hello all!We are closing on a new duplex at the end of this month, and one of the units is currently occupied. The tenants there are on a month to month lease and are paying a couple of hundred dollars below market r...
George Skidis
Sub Metering Water lines
Hello BP I have a couple of questions for you.We manage a mobile home park and receive two separate water bills. They are Front of park and Rear of park. The existing water lines were installed in the mid 60's and ar...
Matt A.
Hawaii Vacation Rental questions
Hello all,Looking for feedback from Hawaii vacation rental owners. I am looking to buy a VR on Kauai. The market seems easiest to enter in HI, and I personally like the island. Will plan on personal use of the rental ...
Seth C.
Where do you keep your contingency funds?
This is my first BiggerPockets post as a new investor. I am curious, what types of accounts/investments are people using for maintenance/repair funds and/or rent deposits? Are there any rules of thumb in terms of perc...
David C.
Found out house was built before 1978, what now?
I purchased a house with an add on apartment 2 years ago. I knew that the add on was done in 1997 but the combined building was listed as having been built in 1979. I asked my real estate agent whether this was right ...
Mathew Wray
Portland, OR Residential Infill update
Got an update from the city on the proposed Residential Infill Program including some updates and some links that I wanted to pass on:What is this project about?Residential Infill Project is updating Portland’s single...
Shae Dean
FHA Duplex loan
Hey guys first post here so I'll treat this as an introduction as well and then get on to my question. I am currently a property manager with a management company here in Lexington, KY and will soon have my RE license...