From the desk:
Five guys work for me in a small service outfit, and I've been paid to fix other people's rentals for years. Now I'm about to own one and I've talked myself into two opposite answ…
From the desk:
Package came across from a retiring owner. Twelve houses, all within about nine miles of each other, built between 1958 and 1979, sizes from 1,050 to 1,480 sq ft. Asking 2,640,000…
From the desk:
1958 ranch, 1,240 sq ft, three bed one and a half bath, bought at 152,000 as a keeper rental. Budget was 42,000. I'm at 61,000 with the kitchen not installed. Where it went: cast…
From the desk:
I left a warehouse job in March and I have 34k saved. Nothing near me trades under 400k, so every house I can actually buy is in two midwest metros I've never been to, where 3/2 h…
From the desk:
Under contract inspection period on a 1958 ranch, 3/1, 1,180 square feet, on 0.92 acres in an older part of town where the newer stuff nearby is on quarter acre lots. Price is 205…
From the desk:
This is the fourth house I've turned around and the first one where I'm hesitating, so I'd rather ask plainly than pretend I've got it figured out. Bought at 152,000. Put 53,000 i…
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First single-family under contract after four years of duplexes, and I'm three days from the inspection deadline with a number I don't like. 3/2 brick ranch, 1,310 sq ft, 1972, de…