Orlando Roche
New Construction
Does any here do new construction? I'm Trying to buy s lot, and I was hoping to get hard money to be able to buy the lot and build the house, than at finish get a conventional loan to pay off the hard money loan. Has ...
Jessica Labos
What would you do with 200k in Toronto?
Hi all -I'm new to real estate investing and to this great discussion board! Thanks to all for sharing your experience! I have around 200k CAD and am looking at investing it in real estate in Toronto. I am 60 years ...
Juliette Olsen
Self manage or hire property management, that is the question?
Hi!We’re planning to rent our home when we move—but we know we will be moving out of state. Question is:Self manage out of state? OR Hire property manager and eat the costs until you have cash flow coming in? What’s t...
Brandon Hall
Cash Gift From Parents Can't Be Used for Investment Purchase?
Hey Folks,I'm in the market for my first property (investment and otherwise) and was on the phone with a loan officer earlier today. The original plan was that my parents would match my cash contribution and classify ...
Bryan Hancock
Seller Refuses To Pay Broker's Commission With Listing Agreement - Delaying Funding Post Closing
So we bought a small lot today that we plan to develop. The purchase was for $60k in cash using a buyer and seller broker. When the HUD came out the seller flipped out and didn't want to pay all of the commissions t...
Account Closed
Tenants are escalating mold situation
My brother and I inherited a single family home last year and we also inherited a tenant. This July, the tenant complained about a leak that managed to seep through the walls and onto the floor from the attic. We had ...
Omar Ruiz
Death of Direct Mail...Birth to Digital Marketing (Part II)
About 9 months ago, I created a post on BiggerPockets (for those who are interested, check out the post) around how I was choosing to stop this romance with offline marketing (i.e. direct mail, driving for dollars, do...
James NA
“ DEALS” that absolutely are not deals for the investor buyer
I learned and evolved in a different real estate universe.The rules we were taught and lived by… were the SAME rules that ALL of the REIAs and ALL of the Mentors espoused.1) DONT BUY A PROPERTY THAT HAS LESS THAN 25%...
Bill Gulley
NON PROFIT HOUSING WITH REVENUES
This is an open discussion about non-profits providing or facilitating special needs or specialty housing, yet doing so profitably for those who operate the housing services. This has basically arisen out of another t...
Michinori Kaneko
Property manager pocketing late fees
Hi BP,I have used my property manager for about 9 months now, so far i've been happy with what they have been doing. I signed a contract with them back then, and every property which I have acquired and managed has b...