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Hey Everyone,There has been some good discussion about Gastonia lately, particularly in this thread started by @Johnny Szeto. While there has been some excellent discussion and some anecdotal evidence shared by @Ty...
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My First Deal and the 12 Deadly Mistakes I MadeThe quick and dirty numbers: Purchase Price: $17,307Purchase Closing Costs: $2000Rehab Costs: $80,748Roof: $6538Foundation: $3000Handyman Labor: $19,284Dumpster: $4378Ele...
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Back in March 2013, BiggerPockets and J Scott collaborated to release two books -- The Book on Flipping Houses and The Book on Estimating Rehab Costs (check them out here if you haven't already). As part of the book ...
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Has anyone ever heard of these guys? There is an old post about them about some work they did in Philly many years ago, but nothing recent. They are based in NJ. They apparently GUARANTEE 12% returns. I'm suspiciou...
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We are a group of investors from NY, NY, TX looking to buy a duplex in FL. Many of the deals we evaluate are showing 7-8% cap rates, which works well for us, but once we stick a management company fee on there it is w...
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I'm typing this off of my smartphone so I apologize now for any spelling and grammatical errors. I got hired to work for a friend of mine for a week out in the middle of nowhere and forgot my laptop.
Anyway...