Ryan Tuleja
How to track down a homeowner in St Paul
On a recent work trip to St Paul, I came across a house that is abandoned. Using this as an opportunity to practice tracing down non-resident homeowners, I went to the county assessors website as well as the county r...
James Wachob
How to define A, B & C?
Lets define A, B, and CThere are many definitions floating around attempting to define investment properties.I like to start with the community in which the properties is located.A neighborhood = 95% homeowner or bett...
Gardi A.
foreclosure purchase question
hello alli have a question. SO my realtor sent out a listing for a foreclosure that is not listed on the MLS. not asking price is 310k assessed by the county its $295k. now do you think its smart to purchase lets say ...
John M.
What to offer for this opportunity?
Hi guys - There was a foreclosure auction on this specific property several months ago. It didn't sell and got bundled with a few others which was purchased by 21st Mortgage Corp. I've reached out to them to buy it a...
Mike Abramowitz
Buying a house with freeze damage?
Hello everyone,
I'm calculating out an offer to put in on a house with some freeze damage. This is a REO property so there's not a whole lot of info on it, just that freeze damage exists. The realtor said that they t...
Don Harmon
First Deal questions
Hello everyone, I am fairly new to BP but am enjoying all the forum posts, blogs and podcasts. I have started reading many of the recommended books on the site. For several years I have wanted to get into REI (Buy/...
Rubin Issac
Dallas TX Newbie Introduction and Questions
Hey everyone, I'm Rubin. I'm a grad student in Dallas, TX about a year away from becoming an "adult" with a career, 401k, insurance, the works. I'm interested in investing in real estate but I still don't know much. I...
Barrington M.
Need advice with new tenant
I have an basement that is completely set up to be rented out, full kitchen, bath, bedroom, office and private entrance. My concern is that is not a legal apartment because I have not yet claimed it on any tax income....
Clay Hartwig
If a condo president gets sued by tenants or neighbors. Risk?
Quick examples are. He puts up a fence around the water front so people won't go near his boat then calls it a construction area to keep people from jumping the fence. Cuts down trees not on our land. Routinely breaks...
Ethan Henning
Advice and Info on Non-Performing Notes
Hello all, I ran into a seller that has a whole bunch of nonperforming notes and I am staring at a spreadsheet with hundreds of different numbers and values. Does anyone have specific advice in terms of what to look f...