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Hello,Was wondering if there is a better option for purchasing a free and clear property from a seller. He is suggesting a land contract. I pay taxes and insurance and he holds the deed. Balloon payment in 5 years. 4....
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It sounds weird that the PM's business is against the landlord's interest. They need you to spend money and you try to save... It's sleeping with the enemy part 2. Is this rights?
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Aloha all,I am in an interesting situation and really want to move towards my dream of renovating/flipping homes.I am currently a project engineer for a GC. I was recently (2 months ago) relocated to Maui, bought a co...
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My first property is in escrow and I'm trying to get ready to evaluate applicants. I want to have a full set of standards before I start evaluating applicants that way I can prove I used the same qualifications for ev...
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Hey Everyone,I'm new in my REI journey. I had someone reach out to me regarding Real Estate Syndication and they went through a group called Vantage Horizon. It sounds like a really good place to start for a newbie ...
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Hi everyone,On the back of my last question on here I now have another! I’m sure this is one that’s been asked many times before so please don’t yell at me for asking it again. I did troll the forums and it’s really h...
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This summer in the middle of the heatwave, the AC went out on our rental. It took four different technicians and about 5 weeks to finally fix it fully. It would work for a little then go out again. The tenants have b...
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Hello BPers!I am a government software engineering contractor from the Washington Metro area. I have decided that this life is not the life that I want to be living and I have been inspired by the bigger pockets podca...
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Hello everyone I hope all of you are having a wonderful Sunday. Just a lil about myself, I am a recent graduate (October 2017), live in New York City but move from Massachusetts where I go to school to SoCal Californi...
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Those of you who know me from my posts know that I've been an active investor for 30 years, and that I've seen some big market swings. I lived in Houston in the "boom and bust" late '70s and '80s (when the average hou...