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Hi BP,New investor here from SoCal. I currently am closing on an investment property (duplex) in the Midwest, Illinois and at the same time closing on a house hack property in NorCal. Does anyone have a real estate at...
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What am I missing? This deal looks too good to be true. Low cash upfront, renter in place, rent is almost 2% of supposed ARV...there must be more to the story, right? Otherwise this thing would have sold already. Conv...
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We have begun to now manage property for other owners. However, we are looking for protective ways of creating Lease Agreements where identification is noted as to who the actual parties are within the contract, that...
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Hi,I'm creating my landlord documents and the BP template I received has a line that confuses me. Under Qualification Standards (such as 3x/rent income, US resident, etc), it says "At landlord’s discretion, compensati...
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I am just looking for guidance maybe something that helped you all. Any really good books you all recommend??
Hello Everyone!
Long time lurker first time poster.
I am not sure if this is the right place to ask this. But I am looking into buying a condo. This would be to live in so it wouldn’t be a rental property. I am look...
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If I live in my second home for more than 14 days out of the year (second home), what does this mean for all other income I received for STR for the year? How is this income taxed? Thank you
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I see a lot of properties in Baltimore City that are going up for auction. Most of these auctions start anywhere from 5k to 40k in most instances. Does anyone have any experience with these auctions? Are they a goo...
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Hi everyone and thanks in advance for your help,
I am going to provide the full story so there is a full understanding, so I apologize if this is a long post. I am currently fixing up my current home (starter home) ...
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Hello everyone. I am trying to do my first flip and im getting stuck on what exactly needs to be fixed and what doesn't need to be fixed.I own a handyman business and have lots of construction experience so i know wha...