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Economic Update
(Monday, June 14, 2021)
For a period of time between 2018 and the beginning of 2020, the “Real House Price Index” (which calculates inflation in the Housing Sector) was falling, because Americans’ bu...
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Hey Bigger Pockets Community!
I am working towards settlement on my first home purchase! Settlement is set for early November. My plan with the purchase (a 4 bed single family in Philadelphia) is to rent out 3 of the...
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So I have tried out a couple dozen wholesalers in my area (South Florida) and I can't find a single one that I trust.A perfect example of this is one guy that posted a property for $160k, said it needed $30k of rehab ...
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I'm wondering what kind of response people have had with realtors. I know they are not as hated as say lawyers or politicians, but they are up there. What do you guys think?
Personally, I've had both. Perhaps I'...
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So I am buying this property through an auction. I have not closed on the property yet. The property that I am purchasing has a month to month tenant in it that I plan on evicting as I will be living in this propert...
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Guys, genuinely curious because I get so many differing answers. What can we, your friendly neighborhood lending community, do to help you guys and add value? I feel like a lot of times there is a fairly adversarial r...
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I just wanted to know people's opinion on this, if you have a good tenant but their rent is below market value, should you look to increase rent even if it could be pushing them out of the property from an affordabili...
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Massachusetts Real Estate Pro’sQ: If I were to have a cash buyer and a property ready to be matched right now and I am the wholesaler, how to I go about signing the contract? What contract is used? Will the selling re...
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Hi,
Here in the UK some realty agents are marketing Atlanta properties which they say give 12-14% of the property value back each year in rent. Normally here in the UK we get 5-6%, so this is of interest.
However, s...