Minna Reid
Rehab takes an upswing
Just thought I'd post a little update in case anyone was interested. After a very rough week last week, looks have the winds have turned in my favor. As it turns out I have no structural issues after all. Some broken ...
Kevin Eisentrout
721 exchange with seller financing
Is it possible to structure a deal with seller financing and then do a 1031 exchange into a 721 exchange? The background of the deal is that the buyer desires a low down payment and prefers seller financing. The selle...
Everett Brace
Locating owners of vacant properties
I've located a few vacant properties and I would like to talk to the owners of these places to see if they are interested in selling. I have located all of the owners names but their addresses all lead back to the vac...
Paul Williams
Help! Title Company not releasing funds!!!
3 weeks ago I sold a house. Closing went well, and several days after closing I checked with the title company to see why I hadn't gotten the funds yet. They said they hadn't gotten a release of lien from a company th...
Richard McRae
Long term investment yields
Mixed SignalsMany of you are aware of Starwood Capital Group’s $5.4B purchase of 23,262 multifamily units owned by Equity Residential. This comes on the heals of the additional purchase of some 67,800 units during th...
Spencer Hodson
Best Market For Rental Properties?
Hello Bigger Pockets Community!
I have been listening to the podcast for over a year and am currently reading books by David Greene and Brandon Turner. Up to this point I have been a passive observer of REI. In fact,...
Tyler H.
How do I "capture" the equity in a purchase to use towards LTV?
For all you investors that pick up property below "market value"... Is there a way to PURCHASE an apartment and utilize that "equity" as part of my down payment?EASY EXAMPLE. REO Apartment that APPRAISES for 1MI acqui...
Kent Nielson
1% and 2% rule in Vancouver Wa. and Portland, Or
Buy and hold investors around Vancouver and Portland. I'm curious how you deal with the 1-2% rule. Do you lower the percentage to make a deal work or do you just end up putting more down? Or just find extremely good d...
Jay Peterson
HELP! Offer for Vacant Daycare Building
Hi BP! I'm looking to purchase my very first commercial property. (Yikes!) It is an old daycare building that hasn't been in about 10 years. The broker says the owner is willing to owner finance. The price is $250k fo...
Lisa Beymer
Evaluating Current Property Manager
I am new to renting and decided to use an experienced property manager who would know what they are doing far better than I would. I'm only 3 months in and I've been very disappointed with my PM's communication style...