Arpan Gurung
What to watch out for on short sales?
Hi guys,I m new to real estate investing. I have listened to a lot of BP podcast shows and I m about to take my first step of buying my first rental property. The only problem i m running into is that i m very interes...
Jeff Lehman
Pennsylvania Security Deposits
I'm buying my first 2 unit rental this week. A question is come up about the security deposits. The question is, do I need to keep each individual's security deposit separate, in separate accounts? I was talking to t...
Hannah Kingslien
How To Become a Real Estate Agent
Hello everyone,I've been looking into becoming a real estate agent in Wisconsin, and am looking for advice on how to become one, from someone's personal experience, how they went about it, what they did or didn't do, ...
Marian Jimenez
Keep or sell current home
Hi,I bought a house 3 years ago and made lots of improvements. The house was a 2 bed 1 bath and I made it into a 3 bed 3 bath. I got it for $650,000 cash and I got a 3% 15 year loan for 200,000 for the improvements. I...
Amy Hu
Help! rehab delayed 4 months already
Our contractor was doing well with our SFH. So we continued to use her for our apartment building rehab. The contract sets 180 days for completion. Things seemed to go well at first then started to slow down due to u...
Lori Jones
Laid off before starting...What now?
I'm pretty new to the industry. I didn't start out planning to become a landlord, it was just convenient due to a personal medical situation.After everything cleared up I formulated a plan to jump in to the industry ...
Sean Chen
Contractor caused damage to neighbor's property
I found BP not long ago and have used this site extensively as it provides rich info on RE. This would be my first post of question on the site and hope to hear from many experienced investors/landlords.
I obtained a...
Account Closed
What I like about the new BP site
To all community members,
I have been using the new site for a few days now. Some will remember that I was an active contributor to the old site. I took some time off for a number of reasons including the fact that s...
Loan Tran
Should i become a realtor to start my property rental career?
Hi everyone!;) Y’all May laugh at me when reading this, but my fortune teller told me at my last visit that real estate is my calling and I should seriously consider it!;) I know, y’all are prolly rolling your eyes an...
Marcel Bryar
Contractor Costs and Performance
I'm hoping to get some feedback on an idea. I want to find out if my firm's service is something that would be helpful to homeowner associations.My firm, B&W, specializes in negotiating with vendors, including bu...