Ken Rishel
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Becomes the Big Dog
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ("CFPB"), through its sponsors in the Treasury Department, and the Conference of State Bank Supervisors ("CSBS") signed a memorandum of understanding ("MOU") relating to inform...
Patrick Ma
Property Manager for West New York, Union City NJ
Hi Hudson County, NJ investors, any solid property manager you can refer for multi-family investments? This is for two buildings, 3 units each in West New York and Union City, New Jersey. What % of gross rent should...
Robert Nelson
Pros and cons of a condo for your first investment property ?
Experienced investors what are the pros and cons of investing in a condo or apartment for your first rental property or flip? I can see the cost to entry being a positive one but I am looking to weighing all the optio...
Alexis Nworah
Is Closing Help a Must?
Hi everyone,I am trying to buy a house. The closing cost for the house is about $52,000.00. I have asked the seller to do the whole $52K (3%) but she refused saying that she can remove $50k from the price of the house...
Brian C.
More Expensive Closing Day
I closed on a property a couple days ago... It was supposed to be a good day, but turned out to be quite frustrating, and a bit more expensive than it was supposed to be. I was working with a lender who promised to ...
Wes Blackwell
How Universal Basic Income Could Change Real Estate Investing
The other day I was having a discussion with some associates about the upcoming Presidential Election, and one of them brought up the Democratic Candidate Andrew Young and his Universal Basic Income Plan called "The F...
Felisha McCurry
Should I buy owners title insurance on my flips?
We buy fixer uppers and rehab them and resale. Total time is usually less than 6 months. Should we buy the owner title policy each time. Cost is usually around $500 per $100k.
John Dickerson
Sacramento County Permits
I am currently looking at a property in the Sacramento County and the house is just over 1000SQFT the lot size is just under 7000SWFT. The property is listed as a 2 bed (possibly 3) 1 bath. We have not walked the insi...
Chris Cabanilla
Rehabbing my In-Laws Current House - Motivated Sellers
Hi, I’m relatively new to REI and BP. My In-Laws are looking to sell their home located in Garden Grove, CA within this year. Their “as is” home value is currently way below market value (I.e house very dated, needs w...
Jay Ford
Sub-Meter Water Apartment Complex
Hi All,I have electric & gas sub-metered already. Now I need to tackle water as it’s rising in costs each month. My plan is to have the water meters installed by the city for direct billing to the tenants. Numb...