Johnnie Fair
Screening for voucher housing
My prospective tenant’s last three housing situation. 1. Lived in a duplex, she gave me the name and number of the landlord but the name doesn’t match her number on caller id. The person I spoke to didn’t want to gi...
Mei Li
Questions to ask get a quick first idea of construction quality
Hope you all having an amazing day. :)This is a very open-ended question. Let's say there's a listing of fourplex. Building is 80 years old but recently remodeled and looking like new both interior and exterior.My que...
Ray P.
Ocean City vacay rental (vacation buy hold)
I am looking at a bay-side vacation rental. I didn't anticipate looking at vacation buy and holds, but this seems like deal too good to pass. Calculating ROI is different with vacation rentals, how are the out of seas...
Bryan Bujarski
Does Converting a Detached Garage impact future value?
My wife and I are looking at a house in La Mesa and our goal would be to turn the 450 sq. ft. detached garage into a small studio in order to help supplement the mortgage payment. We have been advised by some people t...
Brent Knipp
Buy and Holds vs Flips
As a leader in the wholesale game we would love to hear investor’s opinions about which avenue is more advantageous. Buy and Holds or Flips. We match properties up with investors to add to their portfolio but would li...
Brandon Laughridge
Rehab and Refinance
Given mortgage lending scrutiny these days, how are investors making rehab and refinance strategies work (at scale)? Is it feasible to buy using cash or a LOC, rehab, and then refinance a "batch" of properties via a ...
Patrick Philip
Should I keep this hardwood floor in this new flip?
The only thing possibly wrong with it is that it has some pretty major notches in certain areas. I put a picture of one of the more major ones.https://www.dropbox.com/s/93xkkorcygmixcf/06031812...https://www.dropbox.c...
Bryan Barnette
Passed the Michigan Real Estate License Exam (Detroit)
Hello All,I just passed the Michigan real estate licensing exam this past Friday. I took the 40 hour course with the Michigan Institute of Real Estate. The test was pretty easy because the book provided by the class...
Jeb Brilliant
Is it safe or a good idea to buy from BP members?
I'm very new to BP and real estate in general and I'm finding it very nice but odd to me that I'm getting contacted by so many nice people offering advice. I appreciate all of it knowing how valuable people's time is ...
Scott L.
Newbie First Duplex, repair?
So I'm closing in on my first deal and have a few questions. By closing in, I mean I close in a month.It's a duplex that could use some TLC, one tenant has lived there for 10 yrs, not leaving and her side has not been...