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Key Points:
-Keep the utilities in your name and bill back to the long-term tenants.
-Hire out lawn care and snow removal... or DIY.
-Insurance costs will decrease when transitioning from homeow...
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Hello,I currently have a job selling commercial insurance full time. I would like to continue to work there full time, however I thought it could be beneficial to get my real estate license on the side. I don't wan't ...
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I've decided to make my next investment a "live and flip". The plan is to buy a distressed property at the right price and use a 203K loan to fund the bulk of the rehab work. Once that work is done I'll be an owner oc...
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TL;DRMy first investment property (single-family spec home), used hard money, father-in-law (FIL) was my mentor (he also did some minor work with me, he’s a general contractor), net profit approximately $27k, total ti...
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I'm interested in acquiring seller financed properties, in and around the Ottawa area. I'm not really sure where to start.Could anyone suggest resources to find these deals, or to find potential deals that I could the...
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It seems that I've been fleeced by my new PM: They evicted my tenants, then they charged me a great deal of money to re re-hab the property. They charged me to have the place cleaned before it was listed, etc.. When t...
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Hello BP community, new investor here, I recently found a rental property that produces a great CoC return. Turnkey Duplex already producing cash flow at current rents. After running the numbers by my parents, they ho...
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Hey Minnesota landlords. (or attorneys) Im working on an eviction for non payment and some other lease violations. I was going through the form HOU101 and have a question about section 3 regarding the part where you h...
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Hello BP Compatriots! The last few posts were decently popular soooo.... I thought I would give it a go again. Here is my brief, hopefully insightful, dive into real estate and/or financial markets for Dec 7th, 2023.
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Hello. I'm a wholesaler in NY. New York is an attorney closing state. My sellers attorney said he will not write a contract for less then 10% of the sale of the home. My seller and I agreed on an earnest deposit for m...