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Everyone thinks they know the best places to invest, Ca, the south east, Cincinnati, your back yard...But, there is NO city that I hear more contention on than the city of Chicago. The third coast has ample opportunit...
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Hope everyone is well. I wanted to start by saying thank you so much for everyones help and your contributions to BiggerPockets! My name is Josh Ridener and I am flipping houses in the Los Angeles area. BiggerPocket...
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Hi BP friends,Ok, so I've been under contract with a turn-key property and just had the inspection completed. About 10 things came back and the seller has agreed to fix about half of them... noting that the others are...
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so i own this older home built in 1959 here in california. i found a great rental candidate. i think we all know how hard it is to find decent people now a days. anyhow he needs 220v to do some carpentry work at home....
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@James Hiddle
I think we're not on the same page Hiddle.
I don't think buying a house for $50,000 and then selling it for $100,000 is a crappy deal.
Here's an example of a typical deal for me...and I've done this man...
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I have found myself negotiating a seller financing deal. The property is in a great rental location however needs a fair amount of repairs, somewhere in the ballpark of $30-$40k. It is not currently live in ready and ...
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I am planning to rent a property in southern california. Here is the situation
1 - I only received 1 application after 6 open houses and dropping the price to market value
2 - the application is an arti...
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I have been running numbers on potential SFH BRRRR properties. It seems best case scenarios have been that your total out of pocket cost in the end is little to no money for the exchange of time. However, after the re...
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I have been looking at a 3-family house but when I run the numbers, the cash flow is in the red something like $230. Are there times when the numbers aren't showing the true value of a house? I asked him if he'd be wi...
I am looking into purchasing a new home most likely out in the Green Valley Ranch area. We are pre-approved up to 275k and looking at houses in the 250-270k range. This will be our primary residence for at least the n...