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Hello BP community!My wife and I recently moved to the DC area. I have been interested/learning about REI for a few months now and want to get started here in and around DC. I was listening to Brandon Turner's podcast...
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As you can see, could not sleep well tonight...I had been working with a seller for a home in the Charlotte area on purchasing her pre-foreclosure. She ended up missing a hearing and was promptly scheduled for auctio...
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Hello All,A friend of mine is purchasing his first investment property. It is a 4 family property about to go under contract for 350k.I am wondering if it is wise to put down 20% or the minimum of 3.5%. He will be own...
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Hi,I am getting ready to buy my first long distance investment property with funds drawn from a HELOC on my first home. I am considering using about a third or less of the equity available, and holding on to my home f...
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I have several homes with swimming pools with gas and electric bills over $1000/month during the summer. On a couple of the properties the bills are in the $1500-$1900 range.. The homes are 2200-3500 sq. Ft. I know g...
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I know, I know.... my opinion might not be popular, but hear me out. As an owner of 6 STR properties I will occasionally test it out and put in one of my addresses in Airdna, and they are never correct. Some are way ...
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Hello,Me and my partner are currently in the process of finding a house hack and I toured a townhouse with an HOA in Phoenix yesterday. The numbers work on the property but I am concerned I will have issues renting ou...
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Hey friends and colleagues,
I was told by an "experienced" lawyer, that if I really want to lease my single family house to 3 individuals (who are not related), I could sign once master lease and include all ...
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Location: Ames, IowaProperty: 4 plex multi family, about 2 miles from Iowa State UniversityMy overall question is, how hard is a rental to fill after college has started in Ames? I hear the sales market comes crashing...
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Seller signed. Then we signed. The next day on date of closing, literally while we were moving in (our agent errounously gave us keys to get appliances delivered and installed) title company called and said that th...