Thomas Handy
It's Feb 2012, what did you accomplish in the first month
I thought I would touch on a different topic as a way to see how everyone has started off the year. One month is down and did you start off the year with a bang?
I was gearing up for a great 2012 until Fannie Mae w...
Rick Fischer
How to escape from a double mortgage situation
I recently introduced myself and this is my first real post. Hopefully I'm posting this in the right place!
My wife and I are currently looking to begin our real estate investment adventure but have a bit of...
Robert T.
First Duplex- debating options in finance and LLC
Hello, and thank everyone in advance.So I live at home, but recently bought a duplex in a great location that works well in all aspects. I plan on buying the property in my name as a primary residence as I get to put...
Austin Hair
Is it illegal to send photos of yourself when offering to buy RE?
I composed an offer letter for my real estate agent to send out and it included pictures of my wife and our new baby.
After sending out 10 offer letters, I found out she hasn't been including our photos. When I aske...
Joe Splitrock
IRS Plans to Double in Size - What That Means for Investors
More tax news out of Washington. The administration announced doubling the size of the IRS over ten years. This reverses the trend during the last administration of reducing IRS staff and scaling back the number of au...
Brie Schmidt
A lesson learned from Lending money to a BP contact
Today is a great day! I finally got my money back from a BP member after over 2 years. We had met on BP in 2015 as he attended my meetup group and over the years he was very involved with the community here in Chica...
Jason Turgeon
Ranting and raving about mortgages in the time of COVID19
Use other people's money, they said. Leverage, they said. Harumph.
Mortgage 1: My personal residence (duplex) in Boston. With rates low, my promo rate on the HELOC expiring, a bunch of exterior renovations I want to...
John Chapman
God I Love Texas Eviction Law
So I just finished up my first eviction proceeding. Tenants did not pay November rent, and the constable will be at their door at 9:00 am on Tuesday, December 3. The only reason it took that long to get it done i...
Jessica G.
I'm proud -- first rehab
Tenants moved out of our first investment house in DFW, which we're selling for a few reasons. The left it dirty and battered. We wanted to turn it over as quickly as we could to reduce holding costs, yet we both ...
Account Closed
CODE OF STANDS FOR PROPERTY MANAGERS
Over the years on here I've seen some questions regarding people wanting to become Property Managers and how they would handle entering the data into a financial software program. What they don't realize is that there...