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I am currently a commercial plumber and have been in the business/ trade for four and half years. I have currently been reading two real estate investing books. I am going to get into the boot camp provided on bigger...
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Hi all,Hope you are all safe and healthy!I own a small condo in NYC. The building is undergoing some major renovation. A few weeks ago the pipe had a leak that was so significant that it dampened two walls and the flo...
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I'm on the tail end of a flip right now that should net me about $25k from a $100k investment. I work a full time job and am doing all the work on my off days and in between 12 hour shifts. This wasn't my original pla...
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Hello BP,Long story short I have my first flip under contract. It's in a flood zone. I'm buying it cash, and I'm probably going to use a personal loan to fund the repairs. Anyway I would greatly appreciate it if you c...
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I've been hearing numbers such as $3000 to move a mobile home but would like to hear from investors that have actually done it. I have also heard about parks covering the moving cost to bring new home into the pa...
As a beginner private lender I would like to minimize the risk of borrower defaulting on their investment by learning from an experienced rehabber who's skilled at evaluating numbers for property purchase, rehab an...
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Anybody do their own tile? Now or previously? How do you speed this project into high gear?I admit I am slow,,,being a newbie.
I stood there a solid 11 hours today and got a measly 2 and a half cases of 4 1/4bye...
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I'm brand new at this but it seems that using a percentage of the rent to set aside for CapEx doesn't seem to make sense. Let's assume I buy two different 1,500 square foot houses and one rents for $2,000 per month a...
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Hi everyone! I just wanted to share one of my learning experiences from purchasing my first 3 family househack in Leominster, Massachusetts back in December of 2021. I purchased my property that was built well before ...
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Hi Everyone,My wife and I recently bought a duplex and during the buying process we specifically asked a number of times about knob and tube in the house and were promised that there was none active in the house. We ...