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Would love to hear thoughts on this:TL/DR: First Key Homes lied and took our tenants. A learning experience.Want to share something that has recently happened.We closed on a home recently that had a tenant in place.Du...
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Greetings, I recently sold my first home last week using a realtor. The paperwork was completed, signed, notarized by both parties and I receive my wire transfer on Monday as the closing was on a Friday after hours. F...
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About 10 years ago, I sold a house with seller financing. I closed at a title company. They recorded my deed of trust (mortgage). The buyer stopped paying me. I discovered that she sold the house a few months ago b...
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Hi I am new to this site and I'm in need of advice. I have been contacted by an agent letting me know of two of her shortsale listing that she guarantee the owners will take my offer. I went to see the houses and s...
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Good evening,I put out a few bandit signs in my local area recently and received a few phone calls. So, long story short I received a phone call from someone who wanted to sell a house they were tired of dealing with....
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Hello BP Community,I've been listening to podcasts, and reading all about rentals for the last 6 months. Now I had a quick question from all of my readings. What tells you a deal is worth your time? Looks like most of...
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I own a few rental properties here locally by I’m thinking of buying some more in another state. My question is what are some of the mistakes that newbies make when investing out of states?
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Hey everyone. I've had a duplex for the last 5 months in a C/C+ area. Original numbers and inspection report made it look like on paper that I would be cash flowing after raising rents to market rents but month after ...
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I'm looking to refinance a duplex I have in Saint Petersburg, Florida. I bought the house for $170k using an interest only private loan (I pay $650 in interest per month), and then I put an additional $30k of my own m...
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So just like the title of this post says, I finished the renovation of a house. I put it on the market, admittedly, for more than it is worth, and I had a few tire kickers but no offers. 4 months later, I am now at 5k...