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I'm a newbie at this, so looking for some advice. I'm in the Southern California area. I have a customer/ friend who is a real estate broker and is aware I've been looking for real estate investment opportunities. ...
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This is a friend/co-worker of mine. They are just getting rid of their house. It's a STEAL. Probably 25% below market value if not more! I tell him, sight unseen, "I want it, sell me that house!" He says he has p...
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My friend who is first time landloard took over an tenant and got a long email from tenant FWD to me.
Does she sound like a trouble tenant from the email? And any of those thing she describe is need to be fixed? The...
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This is privately arranged property management. I am not a property management company. A friend has offered to pay me to manage a house he owns in the Greater Hartford area. I have not see the house yet. Here are...
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I found my last deal through my agents MLS list. We negotiated down quite a bit and got the refi on the house at higher value 6 months later. In the next year I am looking to find my next deal and I am not too confi...
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I've bee holding off on posting this until the properties were rented and stabilized. So, here it goes.
I did my first BRRRR deal and learned a LOT of lessons along the way.
First off I've never owned any real...
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Friends,
I have invested in a single family home in Virginia and I live in California. I was planning for a property management to be done with a company local in Virginia. Though I have another realtor, who is a fri...
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Considering everything going on in the world right now, I am curious where the members of this forum are looking for new property?It sure seems like the impact varies depending on where you're looking. Most of my expe...
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Hi folks,
I'm wondering if people would be so kind as to share their opinion with how they would handle my current situation.
My homeowner's insurance (I'm house hacking) is requiring I fix the external walk-up stai...
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Hey BP,I am about a month away from closing on my first property, a Triplex in Luzerne county PA. I don't have a lease to give the tenants and was hoping people on here have some good rock solid leases I could review...