Mindy Jensen
How Specific Do You Get: Inspection Objection/Resolution Language
I rep the buyer, and the seller was replacing a Federal Pacific Panel. City is NOTORIOUS for requiring permits for EVERYTHING. In fact, their permit department website says "It would be easier for us to tell you what ...
Alexander Wurm
1st Time RE Investor – Want to House-Hack in Chicago by June '21
Hi Everyone!My name is Alex and I just moved out to Chicago, IL this month. I have been listening to the Bigger Pockets podcasts for a few years and am now finally looking to get into real estate investing.I am from N...
Derek Hansen
Appraiser refuses comps from the west... Redlining?
Currently have a deal falling apart because of low appraisals and was wondering what other's thought. Have 2 duplexes under contract in Rochester NY for 60k each. They are fully rented and make the 2% rule. But.. I...
Anthony Menches
newbie from Columbus, Ohio
I am very new to investing. I have read a few books and taken some expensive classes, but still struggling to get going. I have two degrees from The Ohio State University, but I don't want to be an employee my whol...
Joseph Grullon
Marketing budget
I have a budget that I have saved up in order to start my real estate investment future. I would like to fix and flip properties and eventually acquire buy and hold properties. My question is what would be a good m...
Ryan Goldfarb
Deal #1 in the books a week after college graduation!
Hi all,
After years of soaking in anything and everything real estate related that I could find, this winter I set out to complete my first real estate deal by the time I graduated college. I missed my goal by a we...
Scott W.
article i read on current state of housing
In 2012 new home sales were at the second lowest level ever… in history… since they’ve been keeping the numbers, for 40 years. So anybody who tells you that the economy is going gangbusters and is back on track is pas...
Tyler Weinrich
Advice on long-term plan
Been doing research for a while on the site and other places. At the point where we, wife and I, are ready to purchase a house. Or, we thought we were. We've been actively looking, found a few deals that meet our c...
Hiram Lopez
Is Zillow zestimate really that inaccurat?
I am new to real estate investing, so I am a spurge that keeps soaking up water. One of the things I keep hearing as a new investor is to never go of Zillow zestimate. So am I wrong for using it to help me get a estim...
Mike Warder
Foundation crack on (quasi-permitted) addition
I'm looking at a short sale house that has a permit for a glass rear porch built in 2002. Listing agent says permits were not gotten for subsequent updates to that porch and the foundation on the porch now has a crack...