Dan Perron
ADU or not: Basement Only Needs Kitchen
Advice/thoughts needed! I'm stuck in my analysis of a 5BR/3BA (upstairs 2BR/2BA, downstairs 3BR/1BA) house in San Diego. The basement (rare in San Diego - it is positions on a sloped canyon rim) is completely finished...
David Dorau
Office Buildout
I recently acquired 3200 sqft of vacant office space from a bank. It is divided into two 1600 sqft mirror image sections. I have planned out ways to break it down so that I can rent as little as 400 sqft. The commerc...
Michael Gilman
Renegotiating Purchase Price after Inspection Found Issues with Boiler and Electric Panels
I am in contract on a multifamily property that was marketed and priced as a property without deferred maintenance. The inspection discovered some significant deferred maintenance items and some safety issues. While ...
Ben McPhail
Creative ways to finance rehab
I am looking at buying a single family investment property in Fayetteville NC for $140,000. Estimated repairs are $25,000 with and After repair value of $180,000. If I want to keep more cash on hand should I get a t...
Reginald S.
Can a Seller offer a 'owner finance' if thier property is listed on th MLS?
Hello all. I have a homeowner that is willing to sell me their house via owner financing. However the house is currently listed on the MLS. Can they still offer owner financing on a MLS listed property? If yes, how do...
David Schach
What would be your maximum purchase price.
I am looking at a duplex in SF, list price is just under a million. This will go over asking and probably by at least 15-20% maybe more.this property needs 500k worth of work. plus or minus 100K. 8-10 months turn arou...
Rich Coppage
Commercial Construction Loans Primer
We will usually get 1 or 2 projects a day from sponsors or brokers asking whether we can get their construction projects financed.We usually subject the project to a quick quantitative analysis to determine whether we...
Seth Mosley
45% expenses ??
Hey all.
Writing about the john reed article that was posted on here a bit ago, talking about how most investor's deals they say are good are actually not at all, because according to him, every property over time av...
Mike H.
Is right now one of the worst times to be a real estate investor?
I haven't been doing this as long as some of the big time investors here. But I've had a pretty interesting run over the last 20 years. And I'm just wondering if anybody else is seeing the same thing. I started in ...
Sid Franklin
Chicago Gentrification
Does anyone think that Chicago's record tax hikes and the possibility of a tax exemption for property's under $250K will lead to a new round of gentrification largely driven by Millenialls wanting to live in the City ...