John Baskin
HUD manufactured home flip concern
Hi all,I just got an acceptance from HUD for a stationary manufactured home in Granbury, TX. The inspection came back fine and I got it accepted by HUD for $73K--85% of list price. The area is nice in Granbury, TX a...
Robin Grimes
Skills and Lessons learned from Rehab number 2.
Here are the skills and lessons I learned during the rehab of my second rental.
1. If the property has been vacant for over a year and still has fleas, there may be a raccoon living up inside the fireplace. (I can no...
Nate Hollembaek
I found an abandoned house in my neighborhood. What can I do???
Hello! I am brand new to real estate investing and am chomping at the bit to get my first deal under contract!
I have found an abandoned house right in my neighborhood and trying to figure out how to go ab...
Marcus Jefferson
Analyzing comps using price per sq ft
Hi BP!
I have a potential deal in Northern California. The house is probably 1k sq ft larger than any other house in the area.. when analyzing comps rather than using recent sold prices can I use recent sold price ...
Claudia Rhoden
Getting Started - The First Move
I curretnly live in Brooklyn, NY with $10k of savings. I would like to move to Atlanta to start my investment process in the year of 2020 when I have $15k saved up. I have family that lives in Georgia, BUT .. i don’t ...
Sean Carroll
tip of the week for newbies 4/18
Being new and there being so much information I figured I would try to start a weekly thing for all of us newbies called "tip of the week". Hopefully, some of the more experienced investors will overflow this post wit...
Phil Davis
Plumbing costs...include drain lines and vents?
In putting together a scope of work for a property I am planning to offer on, I am referencing J Scott's "The Book on Estimating Rehab Costs". As it pertains to plumbing, does the $200-$300 per fixture figure in "rep...
Kimberly Walker
Hard money fail- how to get out
So, my first investment property went sour. Being new, I think I dove in head first without thinking of all the possible issues I could be confronting.I financed a single family property with a hard money loan. Things...
Daniel Lee
Aspiring REI new to Hawaii
Aloha gang! Just wanted to give a quick shout out to the BP community which I've been a huge fan of. I've been a passive onlooker for awhile now (browsing forums/reading articles) and am excited to learn and share mor...
Diana Adams
Los Angeles, New to Real Estate Investing/Interior Designer
Hello BP Team! I just wanted to take the time to introduce myself. I'm 34 yrs old, and lived in Los Angeles all my life. I was turned onto BP from gentleman I met on Tinder (Go figure). We had some inspirational c...