Brent Causey
First Flip - before and after - with numbers - Louisiana
Hey everybody! I purchased my first flip house back in August of 2016. I held this house way longer than I anticipated due to a full time job, other side businesses, and life being really busy! I contracted out 75% of...
Philip Vidal
Multifamily conversion in Somerville, MA
Hi folks - long time reader here.My wife and I are scoping out a SF property in Somerville. It has the bones and sq ft to be converted into a multifamily though we have a limited understanding of the MF conversion pro...
Kimberly Gillock
student renters
Hello BP community! Landlording question for you all -- I am under contract for a SFH by a university, closing in early April. Wondering if anyone had advice on renting to students? I would ideally rent to grad stu...
John Lanser
Easier rent collection
Hey Everyone. I'm currently collecting rent by meeting with tenants at the property or a neutral location. What is the best and easiest way to put this online? I see a lot of websites out there. Does anyone have exper...
Account Closed
Screening tenant with arrest record - help!
Hi BP and Happy Sunday!In the process of screening tenants for my first ever rental property. I've read the BP book on manging rental properties, and other articles and such about the Fair Housing Act, and am wonderin...
Patrick M.
Is The Realtor I'm Dealing With Unethical/Sloppy, or Am I Wrong?
My last few weeks in a nutshell:1. Spot a REO good property on Zillow that is overpriced for local market.2. Call Realtor on website, ask to be shown property.3. Go and tour site, take some photos, ask some questions....
Brian Louderback
Bank said NO to putting house in LLC name
My wife and I formed an LLC to use for our new rental business. We just purchased our first rental a couple months ago and are just about done with all the renovations. So I called up the bank to see about doing a qui...
P Patel
HUD Commissions - No Buyer's Agent
I am looking to buy my first home and am bidding on HUD properties as an owner occupant and paying cash.
On hudhomestore.com, I found a listing with an as-is price of 29K and that states 'The listing and selling br...
Gary Onstad
Self directed IRA
I'm having trouble figuring out how I would manage a property using funds from a self directed IRA. If I use an IRA I have a transaction fee ($35) every time it writes a check. So $30 to mow the lawn becomes $65 expen...
Cynthia Garcia
Texas Investment LTR
Hi All,
I'm officially getting started in purchasing my first investment property in Texas. As I don't have a mentor, I wanted to cross-check here on things that I need to be aware of as I'm going through the proces...