Jonathan Stone
Leaping Hurdles to Close My First 2 4 Plexes 100 Miles From Home
BackgroundIn 2010 I bought a bank owned 3 bed 2.5 bath single family property using an FHA loan which required a 5% down payment. The purchase price was $73K so this equated to approximately $3,700 out of pocket. Dur...
Rosalie Brummett
New to real estate. Where do I start ?
I am new and just getting started in real estate. Can I get advice on how to take my first steps into real estate? How does one go about looking at the type of market it is in Texas?
Bobby Thompson
Forum lurker from Massachusetts emerging from the shadows
Hey BP, Long time lurker, first time poster. Love the work you do here and thought it was a good time to start engaging the community. First I'd like to extend my gratitude to the founders and contributors of...
Paul Zackey
Fully Renovated SFH in Buffalo, NY... Do I sell it or add it to the portfolio?
Hey All,Question for the masses here. I bought a house that I intended to flip. During the project, a bunch of things came up that were addressed that made me go over budget and over my timeline. The house, however, i...
Brian Cornick
Tenants demanding appliances
I’ve had new tenants in an SFR on a 2 year lease for about 5 months now. When they moved in, I agreed to replace the oven, because it needed some serious cleaning and was about 25 years old. Two months later the dis...
Jameson Sullivan
accessing equity without a loan?
so I've got about 125k of equity in my home and was planning on refinancing to capture that equity for my next project but no-one will loan because my employment isn't "permanent". It's a long term job that i will lea...
Aaron P.
Analyze this deal, critque away!!
Table of ContentsThe Property 2Financial Overview 4Financial Statements 5Our Methods 9 MLS® Number: SK792508List Price - $299,900 This 4-plex was built in 1970. It boasts 3 2-bed...
Bryan Hancock
Ranking Your Small Regional Lender - Help To Come Up With Scoring!
Our guidance line relationships have grown of late to the point where we have put together a draft ranking mechanism for our "horses" in an attempt to get the most favorable terms from our lenders. Special thanks to ...
Dennis Williams
Wholesaling is for the STRONG at heart.
At the beginning of 2014 I received my tax return and decided it was time to stop reading about investing in RE and start doing. I took $2,000 and placed a offer on 2 HUD properties. One was a Town Home (TH) and the...
Chris Cooper
Staging a flip - whats your opinion?
Morning all, happy Friday!We are getting ready to list a home and have been reading a few RE blogs and thought I would ask those that have been there, done that. What is your experience/opinion on staging a home befor...