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Hi!I'm a former 9th-grade dropout and welfare mom who discovered the power of real estate and through it transformed my life.Today, I'm a real estate broker with a law degree who doesn't represent clients or practice ...
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Investment Info:Single-family residence buy & hold investment.
Purchase price: $329,000 Cash invested: $10,000Bought as rental investment; elective improvement costs incurred to increase rentWhat made you ...
Just a quick question we put a contract on a house. A week later our realtor informs us that the seller (an older gentleman) entered into another contract and accepted earnest money a few days after signing the contra...
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I recently got a great deal on my first multi family - a 5 unit commercial building in Flint, MI. Building is vacant & needs a full rehab. It is also located in a qualified Opportunity Zone. I paid cash, holding c...
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Would like to hear your thoughts on starting an LLC, is hiring a lawyer necessary when staring out a fix and flip business? My first experience is fixing a house and then renting it out but it was not under an LLC and...
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Long story here... 1 acre... 300 yards from University Library... 1.6MIL and I can put 27 studios on the piece (planning approved, all due diligence complete including site engineering). The problem is... I need a dow...
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Hello BP! One of my rentals is in a older, C+/B- neighborhood. The house next door was owner-occupied when we purchased. Our tenant is in year 2 of her 2-year lease, and she's been a dream.
House next door then beca...
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I am looking to sell my commercial warehouse here in NC. I have owned it for 19 years but have refinanced it a couple of times over that period. So, being that the amount of depreciation I take or have taken effects...
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I am new to investing and BiggerPockets, in the DC area. I went to a meetup and learned, when wholesaling a pre-foreclosure, there are restrictions on reselling the property within 90 days. To get around this I was ...
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Looking at a purchase of a mechanics shop to convert to my contractor office.
What are the risks and costs associated with such a purchase? What are the Environmental costs? Ive heard of a phase 1 and 2 inspection an...