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Greetings all.
My spouse and I are interested in getting into real estate investing. We've been learning as much as we can and have gotten as far as deciding what strategy we want to use (buy and hold) as well as a b...
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I'm currently a year away from graduating school and plan on moving from the Boston Massachusetts area. One area I am very interested in moving to is Tampa Florida. I want to househack but not sure what way would work...
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Hi. I have a tenant who had rented a small 1 bedroom condo in Fairfax, N. Virginia for about 2.5 years. He is a federal government employee in Washington DC (working for HUD). Early August, he was 1 to 2 months beh...
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Hello BP family, we are planning to renovate and upgrade the master and guest bathroom, and add a kitchenette.The first contractor is the one that we used for Our Rental, he is good, but it’s not responding back on a ...
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I'm new to the site. I just finished the book How to Invest in Real Estate. Me and my wife want to house hack. We have a pretty good chunk of cash and live in downtown Sacramento. Just wondering if anyone has experien...
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After a very long search, I am days away from signing a P&S on a condo investment. This is in Boston. It is a residential unit in a 12 unit complex. 9 are residential, 3 commercial. The cash flow and IRR are fanta...
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Hi All,I just got back from a REIC meeting and the main presenter was talking about crowdfunding and it's use for investors and RE deals. Has any one used crowdfunding sites before like? What successes/pitfalls have t...
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Which do you do first...the background check or the application? I an using TransUnion My Smart Move, but folks seem reluctant to fill out their personal information...should I have them complete the application first...
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I started a direct mail campaign for Probates about 5 months ago and haven't received one call back. I have a Virtual Assistant who pulls Executor/PR name & address from our local Legal newspaper and puts into an...
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Hello all! My wife and I own a SFR that we manage ourselves, and have for the better part of 3 years. That makes me know just enough to be dangerous :)
So now my parents want to buy a rental property and they want us...