Brad Smith
Leave old wiring as it is for the time being
Just bought an older house and have explored rewiring. As was mentioned in another thread, I'm thinking about waiting until winter time to get bids on the work because everyone seems to be swamped in my area (San Mar...
Ricardo Garcia
Running a new property under a new LLC
Please, looking for advice. For example, Can I use the LLC’s bank accounts to maintain and run new property financial books?
I’m a rookie in the process of acquiring my first property in Katy, TX. Closing date Sept...
Tim Silvers
HAFA, REALTOR ETHICS, & THE FUTURE OF SHORT SALE FLIPPING
Does anyone have a clear picture how the HAFA 90-day hold will affect those of us doing double closings and using transactional funding?
http://realestateresult.com/short-sale-rules-will-impact-buyers-star...
Bobby Sharma
WORST cities for permits, code enforcements, city inspectors
I have had one of the worst experiences with rehabbing a home in Glendale Heights, IL (Suburb of Chicago) with the city inspectors. Some of the most picky, arrogant, expensive, nastiest, non-cooperative inspectors tha...
Michael Van
What is an acceptable rate of return to look for?
Hello all,Just trying to wrap my head around what people are comfortable with as far as a good rate of return?If I'm putting down I've seen these numbers all over the place for residential real estate where people say...
Ben Leybovich
What is Bad Debt?
There's been a lot of discussion on the forums as it relates to differentiating bad debt from good. The most common view on BP is that any debt which does not produce investment returns is bad debt.I, for the most pa...
Bruce Lynn
Top Ten Cities for STR revenue collapse
Of course your individual results can vary. There are people fighting this post too. What are you seeing in your market?
Reposted from Twitter....Nick Gerli@nickgerli1 The Airbnb collapse is real.
Revenues...
Basu G.
Agent scammed us at the auction
We have had many people laugh at us when we told about this. We had an agent who would send us some properties he thought were good buys from listings on FMLS. He accompanied us to the auction on 11/07. At the auction...
Michael Plaks
EXPLAINED: How to find a CPA focused on real estate
Tis the season. End of the year. The season of Bigger Pockets investors posting 10 nearly identical "Looking for a CPA" messages per day.
Disclosure: I am one of those people you are looking for. But this post is not...
James Miller
b2r rental finance
Anybody know anything about this b2R finance? Seem to be doing a lot of ads to finance rental portfolio. Doesnt seem quite right to me Might be though. Just wondering