Bill Haines
No comps for 1920 craftsman
My wife and I are considering purchasing a 1920 craftsman style home that’s 3500 ft.² for our family of five. However, in our small town of 8000 there are no comps. I don’t forsee any significant appreciation in the ...
Adrienne Crawford
Becoming an agent
Hi All,I've been reading some old threads from 2014 and gathered some info on what it takes to be in real estate. I currently work a full time job as does my husband and have three children. While this in itself is a ...
William Graham Bourn
Nightmare Cleveland Flip
Investment Info:
Single-family residence fix & flip investment.
Purchase price: $69,000
Cash invested: $25,000
Sale price: $117,500
THE biggest nightmare of a flip you can ever imagine. From ...
Shoshana Shulman
Purchasing from Global Investments
Global Investments, based in England, sends me offers that look too good to be true.The latest example is a completely renovated house in Toledo, Ohio already tenanted with Section 8 tenants and managed by a managemen...
Thomas Burns
Mailing Postcards
Any agents out there have success mailing out post cards for listings? If so what is your success ration? 1 listing every 500 cards?
Caleb Johnson
Comping Homes in Detroit
Hello, I was trying to comp some houses in Detroit and I found that almost all of the recently sold homes in the area didn't have pictures of the interior of the homes on zillow or anywhere else. However, on the other...
Evan Cruz
Running Sales Comps to Value a Property
Hello,
When running sales comparables to find the value of a subject property, how much of a time difference in terms of year built should the subject property and the sales comparable have been built from each othe...
Aj Bowman
Putting an Addition on a House that has Septic and Well
Hi Everyone,I have a house in Maryland that I am looking to flip. Right now it is a 1 level 2 bed 2 bath 880 sqft. house. I am thinking that this would be a hard sell after repairs for obvious reasons. So I was thinki...
Allyson Straka
Making offers to Direct Mail responders
Hello BP,We have successfully sent out a small batch of mailers directed to absentee multi-family owners who have had the property for 10 years or longer and were interested in selling. So far, I have received 3 calls...
Eduardo Fernandez
Newbie from Los Angeles, California
Hello Everyone!
I'm from Los Angeles. I've been involved in real estate since I was a child. My family has been in construction for over 35 years. Every summer since I was 7, I went to work with my old man and lear...