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Hello everyone,New investor here based out of the Portland, OR area. I've been listening to the BP podcasts and reading up on the forums for the past couple of months and have decided to move into real estate investin...
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Hello,We are buying our first duplex. After the inspection about to ask for a price reduction. Since this is our first time I was wondering on opinions of others on how much to ask and how to include the cost of labor...
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Ok, here’s what I’m askingIf you are an active real estate investor, how many properties do you do at least a cursory look at for each property you make an offer on? How many offers for each completed deal?If you are...
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Our Agent knew we were beat up buyers since we lost 3 homes prior and switched agents..The agent influenced us to go non contingent offer waiving everything… if we wanted to win the house. We went with highest offer g...
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Having been a STR investor, consultant, educator, and property manager for a number of years, I want to spread this piece of advice to prevent as many newbie investors as possible from heartache and money loss. And as...
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Hello,I've been working on getting my first house hack deal in the central valley in California for almost a year now. I've looked at on-market deals daily, joined all the Facebook groups where they post "off" market ...
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When you look at this chart, you see that overall there is often a mild impact on real estate prices but not always. Sometimes the prices remain unaffected and sometimes like with the 2008 crash, they can be significa...
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Divorced situation.
Husband and wife are owners on record.
House on short sale subject to bank approval.
LA is asking contract to say it is contingent on husband signing quit claim feed.
But...
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Hello all. I am curious to know from the long time, experienced landlords, how do you approach a situation with numerous applicants or potential applicants? I am new and still learning, and especially learning a lot f...
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BP,I'll give the story so far on this deal so that you know where we are and can give better advice.Here is the rental advertisement. Let me know if you see anything that I'm missing.Termite HouseWe purchased a small...