Mike Makkar
Long-term Bank relationship? Credit Union or Community Bank
This topic has been discussed ad nauseam on the BP forums. But would like to hear experiences between Credit Unions and Community Banks on growing my real estate portfolio.I have a local credit union willing to give a...
Ivan Lopez
Listsource Criteria Critique
Hello BP community,Over that last 60 days I've been doing lots of DFD and I'm looking at becoming a little more aggressive with my direct marketing so I'm looking at buying a list from Listsource. I was hopping some o...
Carl Ohai
Mobile Home (double wide) VS Stick-Built and Comps?
Suppose you are trying to compare comps in a given neighborhood. What % of a value do you figure a double wide mobile home represents compared to a stick-built house of the same size and condition?For example, let's s...
Anthony Brock
Correcting some mistakes
Hi Everyone, so I have a question and wanted to run it by the group to better understand what needs to be done in this circumstance. I'm fairly new to home investing, but my wife and I now own 2 properties in the same...
Ishmael Carter
Appraisals are coming in way off base
I am zero for two in the Buffalo/Niagara market where my deals (now I question if these were good deals to begin with) fell through my hard money lender refused to fund the loan because the appraisal came in $40k less...
Michael H.
House hacking a SFH, can I get a another House after 2 years?
Hey BP family,Wife and I are renting our upstairs bedrooms. we claim the rents on our taxes, we have a real lease, BG & credit checks, ect on tenants. we've been doing this for about 15 months. Can we, After two y...
Jimmy O'Connor
Appraisal Advice! How to evaluate an irregular new build
I've been working on an acquisition of a vacant triangular shaped lot on the southern border of center city in Philly. I have an investor that does new builds in already established neighborhoods to rent them out, reg...
Ryan Braman
Hawaii transplant to VA
Good morning everyone! Recently moved from Hawaii, where I sold my former 'home-converted-to-rental' and used the proceeds to purchase a 5 unit apartment in Lexington VA, where I now reside. Bought my HI house in 2005...
Eric Crump
Fix and Flip Tips - Houston
If a rehabber is going to do full-rehab in The Heights with ARV: $195k and repairs $40k-$50k what would be good asking price range on a house?
Andy Gaskin
Cash out Refinancing
Hello all, not sure if this is the right place to post this question. But in terms of cash out refinancing when shopping around and calling local banks what questions should I be asking? And what exactly should I be l...