Philip Johnson
Hiring handyfolks off Craigslist risky? Protection?
I regularly hire handymen off Craigslist and work with them on rehabs. I keep their total pay under $500 and have done an occasional i9. I would like to know how to protect myself as lot of these people are unlicense...
Daniel Hyman
Foreigners Investing in the USA & Abroad
We are truly blessed in the USA to have so many advantages to real estate investing. Cash flow, appreciation, loan pay down, tax benefits, etc. With relatively low barriers to entry, it seems like anyone and everyone ...
Fallon Gilbert
Cannot find a lender. Please help!
Hey all,I’ve been having an extremely hard time finding a lender for my situation. I have 3 properties that are owned free and clear however the values are less than $75,000 each which most lenders will not do a portf...
James Keeton
Rate and Term Refi After Hard Money
Long-time reader, first time poster and investor. In the middle of BRRRR rehab with hard money financing purchase and some of rehab. Plan to eventually cash out refinance with conventional loan in 12 months, but looki...
Jonathan Jordan
Requiring application before showing? 2 part application fee?
Hello all,The below questions come from a landlord friend of mine I help out on occasion:Wondering if anyone out there requires paid (I use aparments.com) applications to be submitted before showings? With the plethor...
Kaiden Foster
Utility costs for multi-family properties in Anchorage
Hi all! New to real estate investing and BP forums. Hoping to get some good insight right off the bat.
I'm currently transitioning from tech to real estate and my wife and I are planning to move back to Alaska by th...
Edward Ruan
Bay Area Opportunity Zone Investment
So I'm currently in the process of buying a house hack property that's in an Opportunity Zone (OZ) and am currently buying under my name for the lower interest rate. The intent was to transfer the property after purch...
Gregory Lamarre
House Hacking
I live in sunny (and expensive) Miami, Florida. I have a relatively well paying and steady job, and a credit score on the better side of 760. I've owned a comfy 2 bedroom condo for the last six years but I've been toy...
Joanna Socha
Who's building ADUs in the Bay Area?
With the ever rising cost of housing in the San Francisco Bay Area, the case for developing an ADU on your property makes more and more sense. As more California homeowners become aware of this as a viable option to i...
Hiro Kitagawa
Omitting rental property mortgage from debt
Hello BPers,I just started renting my condo to a tenant at the beginning of April. Upon speaking with two loan officers on conventional loan, I received quite contrasting answers. My questions was if I'm getting ren...