Bryan Benavides
Should I start with a FHA 203k loan?
There is a house in my area listed for $195,000 asking price for about 7 months now. It has 4 beds 1 bath 2186 sqft lot is 9,949. Garage is attached 1 space. It needs new flooring new cabinets and other simple cosmeti...
David Bayon
Rental Portfolio opportunity
We (my wife and I) just submitted our first offer and it's a bigger deal than we would have expected for our first one. We made an offer on a rental portfolio (14 properties with 95 units). We are doing a JV with my b...
Eric S.
Protecting yourself as a landlord in Jersey City NJ
For my first property I was considering doing a "house hack" and buy a multi family in Jersey City/Bayonne. However, I've heard plenty of "horror stories" about tenants not paying rent and just squatting, being destru...
Nicholas Kuton
Multi Family Houston
Hey Guys im looking for any advice when it comes to investing in Multi- Family apartments in Houston or in Texas in general
Matt Ward
US Expat Investing in US Real Estate
Pretty much what it says. I run several ecommerce businesses and live in Switzerland (among other places), staying out of US more than 330 days a year for foreign income exclusion.What are recommendations going forwar...
Andy Krzanowsky
Leverage Current Equity or Sell and purchase multiple properties?
I'll try and keep this as clear as I can. I'm fairly new and my market is Lawrence, Kansas. For those who don't know this is a college town that has approximately 50% of it's residents as renters. I am not looking ...
Terry Royce
First property under contract
I just put my first property under contract this afternoon. They were asking 200k, and I offered 155k over a month ago. They did not accept on the spot. They called me today and wanted to sign the contract.
I have s...
Account Closed
What are realistic soft costs (in California) ?
Hi there,
Having trouble getting a grasp on what soft costs might really look like. This would hypothetically be a situation in which I'd pay all cash for a 150-300K house, then rehab and sell. Also excluding repair...
Mark C.
Asbestos abatement and testing
There are some properties I am interested in that are older and they most likely have asbestos. I am risk averse and if I were to purchase, I would tear down to the studs and do a full rehab {this would include getti...
Austin Jones
Accountant / Accounting Platform for Small Investor
Hey BP, I'm looking to expand but am being overwhelmed by the amount of work required to keep it all organized. I had one accountant give a quote that was quite high for a small number of properties, and Quickbooks e...