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Hello everyone. My partners and I are looking at a building with 16 residential units and 2 floors of commercial office space. The 16 apartments are rented of and the commercial space is vacant. The building will stil...
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Quick introduction: My wife and I just started our REI journey purchasing our first SFM on the South side of Chicago in Dec..so we're very new to this. I've been on BP for about 8 months learning from everyone. My ...
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Hello All, I am investor with one deal under my belt, and want to look to start a direct mail campaign. I live in Katy, TX a suburb of Houston TX. I have 2-3 neighborhoods that I want to target in my area. My idea was...
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Hello all, I hope Thanksgiving was fantastic for everyone. I am generally new to real estate investing, but I want to really get into it. That said, I own a house in Jacksonville, NC which was a primary residence. We ...
Hi - I have a small portfolio and want to help tenants on lease option improve their credit for an FHA take out. Has anyone used RentTrack or similar. The smaller ones like RentalKharma only report to TU and charge te...
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Hello everybody, I'm new to the investing/BP Forum world and i recently just got my real estate license in the Tampa, FL area. I wanted to ask everybody what are some key things that investors should/do look for in an...
The late Zig Ziglar once said, "you can have everything in life you want, if you will just help enough other people get what they want." Do you think this applies to real estate investing? Seems fairly obvious for r...
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I am interested in knowing what your thoughts are on Trustee's Sales...."Court House Steps" properties.
It must be all cash. ( or cashiers check)
You can do your research prior to the sale.
Plenty of inventory.
Wh...
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Where do you find the majority of your potential flips? MLS? Do you calculate your ARV yourself just by looking at houses in the same area or does your broker help with that? Thanks for any help.
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Curious? What % return 100% of security deposit? What do you think is the average $ amount applied to repairs? And, how does that fit into some of the new insurance products that are being marketed to landlords in ...