Teri B.
Making an offer on M2M Rental- Strategy
Good morning,I want to make an offer on an occupied house. Single Family. Landlord is hours away and tenants seem to be behind on rent. He hasn't moved to evict yet and it's on the MLS. I could offer what I think ...
Lisa Miller
7" Rain this month, Wet basement walls, what is the best sealer product?
Western Washington has had more than it's share of rain this winter. Seven inches this month alone. One of my properties has a full basement with cinder block foundation walls framed out with sheetrock. The lower h...
Tim V.
Earthquake retrofit - sanity check
Hey Everyone,I currently live in a SFH with an in-law unit that I use for rental income. The house is an old victorian, built ~1900 and does not currently have any sill bolts, cripple wall bracing, etc. I was recently...
Alan Exelby
Lender Backing Out at the last minute.
Hey AllI am in the final days of a probate sale and my lender finally came back with an appraisal well bellow the comps in my neighborhood that I'm buying. I am already into this for a bunch of money that is non refun...
Ron Jensen
Is it worth it to get real estate license just to sell one house?
Hi groupMy family has a home they want to sell and they said if I got my license I can do the deal. The license course takes a couple weeks of my time, and it will be about $500 to get the license (that is with cours...
Danny Maller
About to close and discovered 3 hefty code violation fines
I was scheduled to close yesterday until my attorney discovered last minute that there were 3 building code violations on the property. It's a brick 2 flat with a finished garden unit in which I plan on occupying, unt...
Reece Alexander
Can a lanlord make you provide high speed internet?
Hi, recently we changed our wifi password for security. And our landlord came to request the new password. When we questioned him on why would we give it to him, he mentioned it's in our lease agreement that we have t...
Ben Skove
Looking at a property to buy & hold in a flood plain
Hi folks,
I'm looking at a 3/1 REO going for $14K, rent comps around $700. I won't know the repairs until getting in today, but it appears in reasonable shape, probably no more than $15K.
It's mapped in...
Heshie Goldfein
First property questions
Hello everyone,
I am an investment sales broker in nyc and I also have been investing passively with a syndicator for the last few years which has gone fine.
My question is this. In your opinion would it be a better...
Anthony Kondor
Negotiating with the bank
Hey Bigger pockets family were having a current issue where the current loan balance is 207,000 plus has a year of taxes and water bill . The total the seller owes is $220,000Our goal is to sell the property to an en...