Maimouna Sow
Water in the basement.
Hey guys. I just bought my first house, moved in last month. A couple of weeks ago, we had a very wet weekend and I noticed water stains in the baseboards of my finished basement. No French drains, no sump pumps. I’m ...
Ken Kwok
Foreign investors vs Local investors
Hi all real estate lovers,I am from one of the most expensive property city, Hong Kong. I am a potential investor for US property and exploring all potentials and risk. I am not sure if I am competing with local inves...
Chris Allen
Allowing a guest to move in with Tenant?
Background: Just closed on my first househack duplex where I inherited tenants. The tenants are a married military couple who had just extended another year prior to me closing the property. I have already talked with...
Billy Pumphrey
I'm new and want to get enough residual $ to travel in a sailboat
Greetings all.I have recently fell in love with sail boating. Along with knowing a couple of distant people that are successful in real estate, I figure what better way to fund a sail boating life. I could get enoug...
Ferrode Joseph
First time out of state investment ideas for good cash flow/appreciation
Hi Everyone,
I have been researching for real estate investment out of state for couple of months. Did some research on RTP Raleigh/Durham and Las Vegas(Summerlin/Henderson) but cash flow isn't great. I read forums ...
Jonathan Watson
New Member from Glendora, CA (Los Angeles)
Hi BP people!My name's Jonathan, and I'm a father of 3 kids (6, 4, 2) with 1 more due this October. Yes, they're cute (and of course, I'm biased :) ):I'm also a co-owner in a design/web/strategy business that's been ...
Account Closed
Deny applicant due to attitude/inappropriate comments
I worked through an application and was able to approve the applicant. As time has drawn near for move in, utilities have been a topic of conversation. During such - via text message ((in writing)) the applicant made ...
Bill Muchow
Our Story-Rough start, an Awakening, a Rental and a Flip ($+pics)
Our start wasn’t easy, fell into our first rental – it was a failure…however the learning experience helped get us to where we are today. Reflecting, we’re very thankful for the learning experience (and work to never ...
Kurt Granroth
Estimating Schedule K-1 as LP prior to investing?
I'm trying to track down some real world numbers or estimates of Schedule K-1 statements beyond the high level handwaving on Investopedia and the like. I'm going to make a huge number of assumptions and I want to be ...
Max Soukhov
What will happen to REITs?
Hello all, I am curious as a real estate investor, what you guys are seeing in the market and how it will affect REITs. I know this is a "own and operate" forum mainly, so if it's not an appropriate topic, feel free t...