James Northrup
What's the difference between 2, 3 & 4 unit buildings?
My wife and I will be purchasing a multi-unit building in Brooklyn in the next year, but we can't decide on how many units. We will be living in one of the units and renting out the rest.
I understand the ob...
Kelly Miller
Am I Rushing?
I began studying REI about a month ago. I really want to have a property under contract at the end of this month or by the middle of next month, Am I rushing things?? How long did you wait before your first investm...
Susan Bearry
HUD--Inspection revealed major issues undisclosed in PUD
(Sorry for typo--PCR, not PUD.)I am completely inexperienced in purchasing HUD homes, never even bid on one before now. The questions below concern a HUD-owned manufactured home in the Austin, TX area.What inspection...
Gary Jones
Selling: attorney for less than $100 - legit or not?
After we put our property on sale, we started receiving in the mail offers from local attorneys, all below $100. At the same time, 2 minutes' research shows that the regular cost is above $500, and that's the ballpark...
Bryan N.
Evaluating and documenting security deposit charges
I'm curious how other landlords handle this. After a move out walk through is completed with or without the tenant, how do you: 1) Evaluate what to charge them for? How about if you do the work yourself?2) What not ...
Kim Forgione
fair property management fees?
I'm looking to buy a turnkey property soon. I've looked into a couple so far and see that their property management charges a lot for lease renewals ($175-250). They also keep the late fees if a tenant is late on rent...
Ted Mulligan
Investor from Durham NH
Greetings all, I'm a newbie to the BP nation and curious about how this works. I've been a part time real estate investor since 2000 and currently have 38 student rental beds across four properties. One of the pro...
J Corona
New tenant in ICU
Friend bought his first property and inherited a tenant on a month to month. Verbal commitment to sign 1 year lease with me. Day of signing, tenant goes missing, and never came back, home sits with all his stuff 2 mon...
Jenn Liu
Buying First Rental in Charlotte, NC
I want to purchase my first rental property in Charlotte, North Carolina. Does anyone have experience?
Lindsey Torres
Am I paying too much for repairs?
I'm renovating my first mobile home. I spoke with the contractor over the phone this evening and asked him to give me some ball park figures. The mobile home is a 14x76.
All figures include labor and materials.
New p...