John T
Short Sale Approved Then Loan Sold By Bank!!!
Ok, here's the story...
I am in the process of buying a property in NJ which is a short sale. At the time the offer was submitted. The loan was owned by Wells Fargo. I received the short sale approval on Friday, July...
Tucker Walser
Who has investing experience in Mason City, Iowa
Hello,I have family in the small town of Mason City, Iowa, so I travel there occasionally. I am always looking for new markets to invest in as a buy and hold investor. I know it is a cheaper and older market, and I ha...
Des Shei
Taking care of properties
I need some input here. I have a full time job and a few properties(less than 5) and plan to ramp up in the coming years to 10+. For the time being i'm not doing the best job of caring for my properties(landscaping wi...
Henry Clark
Self Storage- Building Cost increases
Just got our latest estimate for our Phase 2 of a location. This is for your normal drive up units. Last fall Phase 1 we were $3,200 erected for 10 x 15 or 10 x 20. This was contracted around February of last year. La...
Pat Jackson
First "True" Long Distance Flip
My wife and I live in Reno, Nevada and invest in Missouri. Specifically St. Joseph and Maryville Missouri. St. Joseph is north of Kansas City, is a commuter city for many, but has a stand alone economy with many empl...
Trevor Hawn
business cards for buy and hold investor
I'm just getting started real estate investing here in Atlanta and interested in finding good deals on multifamily and SFH relatively nearby to buy and hold. I'm attending my first REI networking meeting tonight and r...
Charlie MacPherson
Fox Business says the housing recession is already here.
I just saw this article https://www.foxbusiness.com/ec... and wondered whether it's typical news media hyperbole, but maybe it's notThey predicting a 20% decline in housing prices in this economy by 2023. If that's t...
Susan Tan
Fridge replacement advice
This is my first major repair request as a new landlady. I received this question from my property manager: "We sent someone out and it can not be repaired. I am sorry to have to tell you this news. Do we have your ap...
Manas M.
Compensating tenant for broken refrigerator
Hi BP Folks,One of my unit is rented out to a tenant with a refrigerator. Recently, the refrigerator broke down and we got it fixed in about 10 days (the earliest we could get a technician to the house). Now, the tena...
Shiva Bhaskar
There are no "bad markets", just bad strategies / operators?
I've been thinking about this a lot. We focus in one market (Los Angeles), and have a strategy that has thus far worked. I've had folks tell me the market we're investing in is a good place to by real estate, and othe...