Nicole Griffin
FIRST Direct Mailers / Yellow Letters!
Hey BPers! I'm getting ready to send out my very first direct mailers next week, and wanted to share my excitement!...and I'm a little nervous and looking for any advice prior to sending. I'm planning to send out 1,00...
Harry Williams
What will a good bookkeeper take off my hands?
Financing my first flip with a solid GC project managing start to finish. While I have the time to manage the backend accounting and organization of paperwork, what will a good bookkeeper take off my hands? I'd rather...
David Petikyan
Investor becoming a real estate agent but they say I can’t FSBO
I’m about to become a real estate agent with Keller Williams. They recently told me that I wouldn’t be able to sell my personally owned properties as a FSBO for liability issues to the broker I’d be working for. My pr...
Kyle Meyers
LLC Headaches
The pros and cons of running a real estate business through an LLC and using LLCs to hold properties have been discussed at length on BP. My question is about what LLC users do to avoid some of the headaches of using ...
Andrew Saquing
Finding a good agent out-of-state
For those of you who invest in property outside of your state; how did you find the agent that you use?
Did you know the area very well or did your agent advise you on where the good/bad areas were?
I have begun c...
Samuel Mallery
Estimating Rental Property Expenses -- Baltimore Area
I am looking at purchasing a home in Baltimore -- Federal Hill Area (Open to other areas that would be good for commuters, if there are any suggestions)I was wondering if anyone who has experience in this market can h...
Brett D.
Newbie's first offer in Santa Clarita (Los Angeles), CA
$489,000 purchase price$10,000 face lift$1698 mortgage (25% down and a 3.75% rate at 30 years)$307 taxes$175 insurance$175 HOA$118 vacancy$29 maintenance$59 CapEx$2561 total expenses$2950 rentDoes this seem out of lin...
David Goldenberg
First rental property - vacation rental?
A bit about me:I currently live in possibly the most expensive area on the planet. It is cheaper for me to keep renting instead of buying here, so I do not own my own residence. I have a high salary day job which I en...
Kevin Santos
Almost have the first...
Hey BP, I'm just around the corner from closing on my first deal. I ended up going a different route than what I originally intended but everything is seeming to fall into place and I'm working around the initial plan...
Robert Kohnfelder
Which property should be my 2nd purchase?
New here. Lots of helpful topics discussed, so I'm hoping to get a few opinions on my situation.About 10 months ago I purchased a duplex in Pittsburgh, which I currently live in half, and rent out the other unit. Grea...