Barry Hedgebeth
Real Estate Deal Analysis advice Houston Texas Single Family
I have a property on James Franklin Street in Houston Texas Its a 2 bd/ 1bth (can easily be converted to a 3), 1200 sq ft, built in 1935.comp1 2bd/1bth built in 1940 completely renovated sold for 70,000 on 7/9/18comp2...
Samantha Swenson
How to survive an Impending Depression
My husband and I are getting into buy and hold real estate investing and are planning on BRRRRing properties. The renting market is in an incredibly high demand in our area, but we are in a small town. When talking t...
Alyssa K.
Cozy allowed payment reversal that withdrew previously paid rent
I received an email from Cozy stating that a tenant disputed their rent payment/marked it as fraudulent with their bank. Cozy then reversed the payment, which had already been deposited into my account, and withdrew i...
Thomas Lam
Qualified Intermediary - What happens if 1031 doesn't go through?
I'm looking at doing a 1031 exchange on a property that I'm selling on a short notice due to an unexpected offer. I nervous about finding the "perfect" investment replacement with only a few weeks to identify the prop...
Sarah Jones
lease option - risk explained
I'm trying to understand how sandwhich lease option works and responsibilities...
1. A condo that is listed on the MLS for $218k and not being sold so they drop it to $200k... The seller doesn't know if it will appr...
Sheryl Sitman
How to Choose Property Management
When i started investing 14 years ago while living overseas, here is what I imagined in my head. A PM will collect rent, have periodic friendly interactions with my tenants, handle maintenance issues the same way they...
Sean Mills
Seeking Advice on Rehabbing a Long Island Duplex: Costs, Contractors, and Mentorship!
Hello BiggerPockets Community!
I'm new here and looking to get into house hacking by rehabbing a duplex. The duplexes in the area of Long Island I'm looking at cost around $700-800k. I'm trying to figure out what ren...
Vincent Billera
Inventing in real estate out of state
I’m looking to begin my real estate investing with purchasing properties and lease optioning them out. It will have to be out of state due to me living in SoCal. I’m mostly concerned with my out of state situation, ha...
Brandy Johnson
Question about Negotiating Deals
I have been negotiating with a seller, he wants a day to think about the deal. Do I wait longer since he needed time? My offer was 5k less than his asking, he wanted to meet in the middle; Increased my offer by 1500 a...
Corey Smith
Portfolio Lenders
Portfolio Lenders seem to be a good way of breaking the four-loan limit that many people talk about, but my question is about the ability to use a bank that offers them as a new (ie. First Time) investor. Who out ther...