Heather Pelletier
Question about general contractors.
I have never worked with a GC. How do they operate? If you have a house that is in need of a complete rehab and they give you a quote are they obligated to stick by their contract price? What happens if something u...
Sarah Koning
Financing for an extra lot
We are currently in negotiations to buy a house and extra lot in Chicago. The sellers - for various reasons - need to have the house and extra lot as two separate contracts/sales. Our mortgage company has stated tha...
Travon Allender
Exit strategy - refi out of lender's loan
A portfolio lender is interested in lending me capitol on a property (buy and hold). The lender will cover acquisition costs (purchase and rehab).To date I have been unable to modify the mortgage on my primary reside...
Chris Torbert
My First Deal...finally!
Hey BP,I know we have ALOT of "I'm a new investor" posts, talking about strategies and discussing various topics. I posted that exact type of post about 6 months ago. However, you don't see near as many follow up po...
Michael Henry
34-Unit Rooming Housing - Lease Option and Creative Financing
Lessons Learned from a 34-Unit Rooming Housing Project with a Lease Option and Creative Financing!Hey BiggerPockets! I wanted to share the rooming house project I completed with creative financing, how the numbers wor...
Charissa B.
Does a rehab loan make a flip not worth it?
A sibling and I are interested in dipping our toe into flipping. We looked at a few properties and found one that we like. It's a homepath property and we can't get a straight answer on whether it will qualify for con...
Shaune Faust
Newbie need direction with financial plan
I have $20k and I want to invest. I currently own and live in a multi family with some equity purchased in 2014. I would like to start with properties under 100k I work full time have a husband two sons ages 6 and 3 m...
Brant Richardson
Any help in the South Bend, IN area?
I am new to real estate investing. I have been running my mothers two rentals for a couple years and I am extremely handy, I can fix anything in a house except the appliances. This makes it really scary to buy o...
Mike Allen
Smart Lock Recommendations?
Hi. New to MTR here. I've seen this lock recommended because it integrates with some property management companies:https://a.co/d/039XfxDzAccording to this article (https://strhub.com/.../schlage-encode-smart-wifi-dea...
Andrew F.
Down Payment Requirements for Non-Primary 1-4 unit loans
I'm just starting out as a REI, and looking for some advice and insight as to the best approach for down payment requirements within various scenarios. I've talked with a handful of local banks and mortgage brokers so...