Kenneth LaVoie
Determining how long tasks should take (carpentry, painting, etc.
I am one of those investors who absolutely hates to do anything DIY. I own a lawn care business and a small web design business where I put the bulk of my "manual labor" while I have an absolute Godsend working for me...
Jesse Holmes
FINALLY we closed on our first duplex
Hi. My name is Jesse M. Holmes, and it's been so long since I've posted here at BP, I thought a reintroduction was necessary.
Maybe some of you remember this fourplex I was trying to buy. As it turns out, my ...
Eric Feng
Atlanta West - Bad Place to do Owner Occupied Properities?
Hi everyone.I'm an RE newbie so I'd like to pick your brain a bit.I've been looking at multi-family homes for my first investment and I found a good place on the West side of Midtown.The good thing about this duplex i...
Brandon Ingegneri
Burned out fire ridden house = cash cow
My partner and I were going to look at a small bathroom remodel one day when we drove by this house. We saw some pretty extensive fire damage, and immediately did some digging to find the owners. It turns out this h...
Huso Akaratovic
Interest rate on investment property? Hmm..
Greetings folks, I am attempting to finance a rental property. I have never taken out a loan on a rental property before, since I’ve always paid cash for it. I am trying to scale my business up and not spend all my ca...
Hal Cranmer
Window World
The company 'Window World' is advertising any white double hung window replacement installed for $189. Has anyone had any experience with them? Do they honor this price? If not, do people have a good place they go ...
Adam Tafel
My Niche: "the Dog-Friendly Medium-Term Furnished Rental"
Dumb luck (and a ton of work) got me into REI. In 2015 my girlfriend was spending 6/7 nights at my apartment. She had a cool little studio in a cool part of town, and we threw her apartment on Airbnb. A traveling nurs...
Michael Myers
Knowing what is a fair price for a contractor's work
One of the things i'm most concerned about with being a REI is when I will need a contractor to help me with rehad, refinishes, etc. I know for a fact I'm not going to be efficient at rehabbing a house myself. For one...
Daniel T Stockman
2nd Investment Property - Too Soon?
Happy Friday! My wife and I are currently in the process of closing on our first investment property (We are very excited)!!! It has good CoC ROI and will Cashflow fairly well, once fully leased and after all CAP Ex, ...
Vidal Anguiano
Real Estate Order of Operations
Hi all, Happy New Year!I am hoping to get some advice from you all on my current situation. I currently own a 2BD 2BA condo which I was house hacking during grad school. I rented out the second room up until a year af...