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On a recent podcast a guest talked about writing in the repair costs into the HUD on a cash purchase, then after closing, fixing up the property and immediately refinancing with cash out for the amount on the HUD, wit...
I have an investor who wants to purchase a family vacation beach home in a very specific area. Do I just look up all the houses on those specific streets and send out yellow letters?
Any advice?
"Never give up. Ne...
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I spent $500 on skip tracing a propwire list with prop wire's skip tracing service. It's been 2 or 3 hours I've been calling this list and it's riddled with dead numbers, or more likely calls someone who is not even t...
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I'm converting one of my apartments to an STR and wanted to know if anyone can point me to an appropriate rental agreement/contract I can use. To start out, I'm finding renters on my own and am not renting through Air...
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Ready to take on that first or next fix and flip? Before you roll up your sleeves and start swinging that hammer, there's something crucial you need to know: the hidden costs that can quietly sabotage your renovati...
is listsource a good way to get a lead on absentee owners?
than do i just send them all a letter hoping one of them will call me back?
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First time multi-family investor here. Using the Rental Property Calculator But having a hard time reconciling the number since I keep coming up with negative cash flow regardless of how I update the numbers. Thoughts...
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Ok, we’ve all heard the excuse and maybe even used it ourselves at one point. “I don’t want to fix toilets, so I wouldn’t be a good landlord.”
Well, that may be so for some and I wasn’t exactly excited for the toil...
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I don't by any means think this is anything new but wanted to share for those that may have forgot about leverage equity in an owned property to access capital for the next investment. This is a powerful tactic that ...
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Hello BP Community!
I am from Montreal, Canada. More precisely in Brossard. I am 38 and working as an IT consultant.
My wife and I bought our first triplex 2.5 years ago after realizing that we would no...