Steve Holly
HOME WARRANTY for rental properties???
We're in escrow on our first duplex. Wondering if its "normal" to keep home warranty polices in place? Whats your experience? Do you keep home warranties on your properties, or just deal with the issues as they ari...
Joshua B.
STRs and LLCs and Insurance -- Asset Protection
Hi All --I read an earlier post on Biggerpockets about whether or not STRs should go into an LLC. My takeaway was that unless you have 10+ properties that it does not make a lot of sense. It sounded like it can be eas...
Jonathan Nixon
Discount Real Estate Brokers (South Florida)
Good evening BP,I'm looking to do a bit of market research to find some of the cheaper options for brokers representing sellers in the Fort Lauderdale/Miami area. It seems to me there's a disconnect between agencies t...
Neel Shah
Insurance claim on rental single family house
Hi,I did some upgrades (flooring, bathroom, paint) to my rental property and put it for RENT in February. A pipe in the attic burst and it caused damaged to the ceiling of garage and drywalls around it (before tenant ...
Christian Nachtrieb
Thoughts on this deal in upstate New York
Looking at a property in upstate New York, it's a 3-family building just outside of Albany in a pretty good up-and-coming part of town. The 3 units do need a little love, some new paint, removing carpets, cleaning, dr...
Rod Desinord
Wholeseller told my seller their house was worth 90k less smh
I recently had a seller come to me and say that during the process of deciding whether or not to put their house on the market, they entertained one of those Bandit signs. A wholeseller came over and told them their h...
Mario Flores-Gaspar
Best Mortgage Lenders in Indiana
I'm a first time home buyer looking to buy a $300,000 SFH in Indianapolis and I was was wondering who some of the best FHA mortgage lenders in Indiana are. For context, I'm a single, young professional with a 740+ cre...
Daniel Dominguez
We need you help! We have a few questions
Hello everyone,We have a few questions as we get started seeing up our first rental property.1. Is it common practice to have the renter pay for the background check?2. Should we collect a security deposit and first/l...
Joshua D.
Direct Mail Question?
So me and the wife have a house buying company and do rentals and such. We have a website, i do bandit signs and flyers everywhere. Do a lot of facebook posts too. So we are looking into direct mail with a company cal...
Robert Richardson
A second fha loan
I have a duplex in California had it since 2015 brought it with a FHA loan if I refinance to a Conventional am I able to buy again with the FHA loan?