Christopher Beloud
CA ADU House Hack Deal Analysis
Hey Guys! looking for some wise counsel.My wife and I are first time home buyers. Our goal is to create a househack out of a home that needs renovations and has capability of ADU (with new CA laws in place, the city w...
Joshua Dorkin
***Official May Goals Thread***
It looks like I'll have to start out the May Goals Thread.
I'm glad to see so many people posting their goals, and hope that many more get involved as we continue to move forward throughout the year!
Everyone: Shar...
Chris Talley
Buying SFH with significant non-permitted upgrades?
My wife and I are looking to purchase a SFH in San Mateo, CA. We're primarily focusing on properties with rentable ADUs for a small house-hack. We've found a property with an unpermitted ADU, as well as an unpermitted...
Andy H.
Las Vegas Realtor Telling Me to Offer Above Listing Price for Short Sale and REO
Is Las Vegas a different market than Orange County, Calfornia ? I'm an investor looking to buy a rental property in LV. I got a realtor looking through craiglist. Anyhow, she sent me a few homes, and each time I te...
Hollis G.
Violation of SEC rule for Private Investor
Does asking a question in an ad ie: "Is your money earning you 8%, 10% or even 12% Returns?", and then supplying someone information on Trust Deed/Private Note investing, in violation of SEC Reg 506 D ruling in regard...
Sam Valme
Leveraging a "Trust" to make offers through an LLC
Inception (o.o) an entity within an entity!My father owns 8 Real Estate Properties and rambled on for a period of time about how he has everything within Trusts separately. As a cryptic man, my father didn't really go...
Derrick K.
Short sale advice - no realtor
Hi BP community! I have situation I wanted to get your thoughts on. I found a shortsale on Zillow and contacted the realtor directly (I don't have one yet). I know the sellers realtor gets commission but I believe thi...
Derek Johnson
Advice needed - can I offer the seller's agent extra commission?
Hi BP community!
We're not working with a buyer's agent and I'm wondering if there is a legit way to make an offer on a property that includes a higher commission for the seller's agent. They just dropped the price o...
Amanda Jewell
Tiered Flips and custom upgrades?
Hello BP Family!I'm not sure if this is legal, a silly question, possible--and if so, how?I have been toying with the idea of doing a basic renovation on a flip but then when showing the property, offering "upgrades" ...
Dylan Bard
Submitting two offers on the same property?
I remember somewhere from BP there was a psychological strategy that by submitting two offers they'll want to pick one, even if it's lower than they would originally accept. Has anyone tried this?I would probably subm...