Mike Barry
When to use a portfolio lender?
Hello everyone,Newbie investor here with 2 rental properties under my belt. Now that i've been bitten by the bug I'm ready to keep going. I want to do the best planning ahead that I can. From all that I have read here...
Craig Smith
Tenant Lied On Rental App. Would you Rent to them?
Question: Would you rent to someone who gave you a false contact for their current Landlord?Background (Story): Potential Tenant looks at place, Likes it, fills out application, and wants to move right in. I call the ...
Gabe Morrell
Is Now a Bad Time to Start Out?
My wife and I are certain future real estate investors (Minneapolis-St. Paul greater area) who would love to enter the market sometime within the next 1-4 years and acquire our first rental property. We both are drawn...
Thea Linkfield
We made $35k on our first flip!! (But it took 12 months)
Hey BP! We finally closed on our first flip on Friday and I now feel like I can post about it! After being under contract 4 different times, I feel numb to the whole selling process and it hasn't actually hit me that ...
Greg Wright
Using a self directed IRA for rehab.
Has any rehabber used a self directed IRA for rehabbing houses? How do you handle the profit. Does it have to go back into the IRA which would seem to defeat the purpose as you couldn't make any money to live off. If ...
Aaron McGinnis
Flip blog - The heart attack house
With apologies to J Scott - typically, my team and I refer to our houses by the street number. In this case, we have two houses side-by-side, and referring to them by the street number is confusing everyone... so we'r...
Percy N.
HUD & Sage Acquisitions Processing Times
Has anyone been experiencing unresponsiveness from Sage Acquisitions while trying to close on a HUD property? Sage is the new management company HUD is using in the Philadelphia area.Our offer was accepted almost 60 d...
Bill Dengler
Confused "Highest and Best Offer"
So I have been going back and forth on a bank owned foreclosure. We keep making cash offers and they hardly budge on the price. After a month of going back and forth they finally told use "Highest and Best" as they ha...
Russell Holmes
Apopka FL is a town to keep on your radar....here's why
This is an informational post for anyone interested in the Central Florida area to consider Apopka in your search. It's not about specific deals or asset classes even, but it all comes back to that when an area explod...
Kelly Bellini
Does this info I found on Facebook legitimately matter?
I'm in the process of finding new tenants for one of our houses, and I've pretty much got it narrowed down to this single mom and her 3 kids. But, there's just one thing bothering me, and I wanted to reach out to you...