Carlos Nunez
Renting to a tenant with a Bearded Dragon lizard
Hi Utah BP Community! The tenants in our SFH are ending their contract early and are marketing our property to find someone to take over their contract. They have a tenant who is interested who has a Bearded Dragon....
Johann Jells
Are Kwikset Smartkeys as insecure as critics say? Have you had one broken in?
There's lots of pages out there about how easy it is to defeat a smartkey lock, but I can't find any anecdotes of anyone actually getting robbed by a thief doing so. They're a very attractive idea, and and I have a fe...
Phillip Rosin
Cash Out Refi - Any reason to not over estimate the value?
I'm coming up on a cash out refinance scenario and I'm a bit confused on one topic... What do I tell the lender regarding my property's estimated value when shopping around and beginning the process, before the apprai...
Ann Zane
Practicing deal analysis and can't seem to get positive cashflows
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James S.
Challenging an Appraiser
Hi guys,Just wanted to share a small success story on challenging an appraiser, mainly because before I just (successfully) did it this week, I honestly wasn't sure if it was a thing you were "Allowed" to do, much les...
Mark Dante
Strip Mall investing
Issue: How do you analyze a strip mall?
Here's the situation. I've got an opportunity to invest in a small strip mall. The property needs work and is less than 30% occupied. I've gotten a few quotes on n...
Benjamin F.
Assessing Reasons For Ongoing Vacancy
I have a property that's been vacant for almost three months, which happened previously about a year ago. Given the rental comps in the area (Northern Virginia near Dulles), it seems the property should be earning mo...
Leah Miller
Bank Won't Close Due to FEMA Disaster Designation
Hello to all,Need some lending advice.Was supposed to close on a property on Thursday, with a Fannie Mae conventional loan. Had already signed etc. Bank was supposed to fund Thursday and official closing Friday. On Th...
Daniel Keating
managing some properties for a friend-not getting paid as planned
Hi Folks, I live in Tucson and have 2 rental properties I own and manage. A friend of mine owns 5 rentals in town and he lives in Payson--about a 3 hour drive so I look over his properties.
Originally the plan was tha...
Christian Hutchinson
Was I wrong to pull an offer
I put in an offer of a 3 unit property in a Detroit suburb. We put in significantly less than list price, about $50K less, list was 299,900, accepting cash, fha, va, conventional, land contract. We called the listin...