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Hello BP community,
As a new investor, I feel like a core pillar upon which success is built in real estate from what I have seen from other experts in this forum is being able to determine acceptable risk for a dea...
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For those who have rental properties, can you mention what costs you generally cover for your tenants? Do you cover items such as lawn maintenance, extermination, alarm and cable services?Also, do property management...
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I purchased a 4plex in February which had inherited tenants. One apartment I knew was going to be a problem as the stopped paying the previous owner when covid started even though they continued to work. After I pur...
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Hey BP I wanted to throw what I have going on out there. I own a SFH right outside Minneapolis. I bought it in 2010 for 148K. Lived in it for 7 years. I put About $2500 into the kitchen. Put another 8K into putting...
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With the prices of real estate soaring in and around South Philadelphia, what markets do you guys recommend for the buy and hold investor? Does anyone have experience with the rental markets in South Jersey? Runnemed...
I've heard stories about people blowing out their budgets because of codes related to things like window size/height in bedrooms, electrical and plumbing stuff, even things like having to expand the waste lines when a...
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I'm a potential home buyer who is looking for a property to purchase as a residence. I have not yet talked to a mortgage broker on the availability of an FHA loan. I have, however, asked the advice of people in my ...
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I am up against my DTI ratio for a traditional mortgage and I have been looking in to the DSCR option and it from what I am seeing it looks like a decent way to continue to scale. Does anyone have insight on what the ...
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One of my tenants dryers stopped working they texted me today, they have not paid their rent for this month and they have been paying their rent a month late almost every month so they are essentially never caught up....
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It seems like so many people (mainly agents) are against wholesaling. Everyone is demanding regulation and licensing for which I believe is the right call! What upsets me is wholesalers are just middle men the outsour...