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My general contractor is quoting me:$32,000 to prep, paint exterior of the home$19,000 to replace asphalt roof$23,000 to prep, paint the interior$19,000 wooden floor refinishing (polishing, filling in any cracks)The h...
I'm looking at a renovation project that I would live in for a couple years. The bank requires a licensed contractor to do the work but I can work under him for whatever I want to do myself. The guy I have in mind s...
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Hi, I'll try to keep this short. We have had a 60 year old single female renter since 12/18. We have since found out that she is an alcoholic. Most recently, she was drunk and was yelling out the window that she was l...
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Hello BiggerPockets family!
I am new to real estate investing and frankly I am not sure where to start. I listen to all the BiggerPockets podcast and I have a friend who has been wholesaling for years and just start...
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I am going to be completely transparent with my wife's and I finances in hope to get some good suggestions of the direction to go to lead us to our goals. We currently owe approximately 140k on our personal residence ...
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I have a mortgage related question regarding a property I am currently in contract with and hopefully set to settle on in the next couple of weeks.I am purchasing a duplex under an FHA loan (5% down) with the expectat...
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Do you believe there is a strong advantage in having a real estate license before I go about investing in real estate myself?
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Hi All,I have a property that has a single family upstairs (3b 1.5ba) with a partially finished basement (3b, 1ba) that I will be finishing and turning into a separate unit. The whole house is on one HVAC system. Addi...
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Hello all, I am looking to invest in STRs out of state (from West Coast to East Coast). My biggest concern / worry is how to self-manage the property, considering that I am brand new and I have no experience in any so...
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I hate it when I get an invite to a Webinar hoping to learn something new, and sometimes I get lucky, then I get hit by a ticket price in order to continue learning. I was just watching Kent Clothier on Finding Mot...