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Newbie, trying to get my first house. Saw an interesting REO property recently, and in an attempt to be low maintenance for the buyers agent I had been talking with about REI in general (no brokerage agreement tho) I ...
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Hello Friends,Had posted the below in another category copying it here to get more local folks:I have a property in 92127 area (Del Sur) which is my current residence and its has Mello Roos (MR)and high HOA even thoug...
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Okay so in my apartments I tell the previous owner (I recently just bought them) that I plan on going in once a month and changing the air filter.
This way the units can be inspected some and also I know the power bi...
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I have a property (father's) that I can take ownership of through probate. The value of the property is a little higher than the mortgage balance but not much. If I rent it we will make about $200 per month. It was...
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So I've been looking at properties all around the Bay Area for a while, and it seems pretty difficult to hit the 1% rule anywhere I would want to actually live for a house hack. The closest option I'm seeing is maybe ...
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Hello BP,
I wholesale in Augusta and I have a deal I have been looking to sale and at this point I need to sell ASAP so want to make sure that the deal presented is a good deal for my end buyer which is my nu...
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I'm curious in hearing everyone's criteria when selecting buy and hold properties. Is it purely a mathematical equation? How do you know what neighborhoods are good? What do you look for specifically in the prop...
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I've seen some posters on this site mention that they buy mostly "for lot size".
Does this logic apply to rentals? There are many houses in this area that were built shortly after WWII where the house is small (less ...
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I have been renting out a single family house since July and the tenants have been low maintenance, but I just did a quick inspection of the property and the garage had lots of incense all around in an attempt to remo...
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Hello BP Forum, My business partner and I have about 80k to invest by year's end. Our primary business eats up most of our time (so VERY little is left over to source our own deals). We've done 2 deals this year so fa...