My wife and I entered into an Agreement for Deed to sell our home in 2012. We were underwater and our neighbors agreed to buy above market price (so they could have contiguous property and they loved our house) if we...
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I've read multiple times about people using FHA for investment properties. I'm curious if anyone has ever used it on their primary residence or if anyone has opinions on doing so. I'll be moving from Manhattan to No...
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Hi BP fam!My name is Bill Vidal and I am a licensed, bonded and insured public adjuster from Miami, FL. We are Peninsula Public Adjusters. An elite commercial property public adjusting firm with over 25 years of exper...
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I am in the process of purchasing my first house. When I was hit with almost $1000 in fees between lawyers fees and title insurance I began to wonder if there was a way I could save on these fees in the future? I plan...
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What things do you fellow landlords do to make your units more resistant to damage and tenant abuse without compromising the quality of the unit? I'll be renting in low income areas and want to provide nice units ...
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For those of you experienced in building spec homes in metro Atlanta, could you give me a rough estimate as to the length of the permitting process along with an estimate of the costs/fees involved? I'm more interest...
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Hi all, I'm meeting a seller about an off market deal tomorrow and he is not interested in going through agents. He doesn't like them. Perhaps he's trying to avoid the commission, but that could mean he's not as motiv...
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Please correct, add to or demolish these. Just from what I have gathered so far. Steps:-Contact leads-Get information on house & see it-Agree on price-Get under contract-Set up the close(Title & Buyer stuff, n...
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Good morning all,I believe I’m finally ready to list my first property today which is a townhouse located in Hoffman Estates, IL (Cook County). I’ll be using Cozy to help me out. I’ve been doing some research using th...
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Hey all,So I'm in a downstairs condo unit and my upstairs neighbor leaked into our unit, causing a good amount of water damage. We knew something wasn't right because we heard dripping late at night a couple weeks ago...