John Jackson
Are there any advantages to house hacking if buying with cash?
What would be the advantages to buying a duplex, living in one side, and renting out the other as opposed to just renting out both units and living in a rented apartment? Assume that the duplex is being purchased in c...
Sovannary O.
Out of State Rental Property
How do people invest in properties out of state? If I had a property out of state - - how would I manage the day to day tenants when they need help with things that break, etc?
Jay G.
Insurance on home after winning auction but BEFORE getting deed?
In my area the county does not assign the tax deed to the auction winner until about 30 days after the sale. They also do not let you collect rents, evict or basically look or think about the property after the sale ...
Helmut Forren
Fannie Mae financed property counting
My wife and I are both on title for our principle residence, but she is the only one on the loan, and personally so. At the moment, for my own investment property financing purposes (not hers), I'm certain that our p...
Account Closed
Should I sell or rent my condo?
I bought a condo in Jan of 2013 for about 250k and now similar units in my building are now selling for around 300k.I have another house that I'm fixing up and should be done with in a few months. I'm wondering if I s...
Thomas Dionne
what if I see / suspect Realtor selling foreclosure to friend.
If you feel/know that a realtor/broker is selling a bank foreclosure to a friend or relative and taking actions to give them a competitive advantage, like telling them other peoples bids, restricting access to propert...
Doug Bennett
Listsource Not Helpful
I recently paid for data from Listsource. I entered in criteria for absentee owners and the data I got back had the property address as a street address. The owner address came back as an RFD address. Same numbers ...
Account Closed
Will upscale resort increase property values in tourist town?
A guy is building a 200 room upscale low impact (ecologically appropriate) resort in our tourist town. Will this help or hurt housing values? It will be the "biggest" thing in the town of population of 2600. There ...
Gary Walker
Hello from Western NC!
Hello everybody, I'm Gary from NC. My wife and I have some real estate experience and own a few vacation rental and commercial properties, but it's time to scale it up and focus on residential rentals. I've been f...
Katie Anderson
Accounting for Closing Costs?
How do you account for closing settlement charges and expenses such as escrow fee, title insurance, wire/notary fees, recording fees, items payable in connection with a loan (on the seller side), appraisal fees, etc.....