The Real Estate Bowl

Has anyone created a 3D walkthrough before?

There will be NO housing market crash. Credit standards are much higher and there’s way more fear and sophisticated buyers in the residential market.

Niche question but maybe someone knows. Any ideas of products available to make toilets unusable/covered for vacant and model homes? Having trouble googling the right words but I’m confident something… more

About to rent out a house for the first time. How much security deposit can I require? It’s a nice, newer house so I want to be covered. Is there a legal limit, or best practice? How much is too much?… more

If a tenant had a few days delay between transferring a utility to their name, would you let it go or make them pay for it to set a precedent? It would only be a small amount.

Has anyone done a Cash out Refi lately? Is 75% LTV good?

Has anyone done a trenchless sewer pipe install? Is it worth it?

Does anyone here work in real estate and encounters situations where they think language interpretation services could be helpful in order to effectively communicate with a buyer/seller?
Please let me … more

$180 HHI. Looking to buy a home for 535k, mortgage of around 425k, estimated monthly payments of $3800-3900 all in with p+i, taxes, insurance. My concern is my spouse ($60k salary) is a teacher and pa… more

I want to buy a house for investment. I aware of interest rate for investment much higher than primary home, but at least 2 loan officers that I talked to said that I can apply for primary home loan, … more

Hello Fishies! What REIT would you recommend or do you invest in? Seems like they were profitable since 2020. I feel like REITs will be way less headaches than getting another investment property. My … more

Does anyone know a good landlord side lawyer in the City of LA? Have a tenant that hasn’t paid since April 2020. Finally would like to get him out. I’ve spoken with a couple but not sold on one, an… more

I have around 400k from home sale for next house down payment in HCOL Seattle city just moved. The houses I prefer with good schools here cost around 1.5m and EMI after down payment seems ridiculous c… more

What are ways/examples to identify "opportunity zones" to invest in within a community? Thanks

Has anyone seen an insane increase in their escrow payments? I just went from a payment of $1,884 a month($526 for escrow) to a new payment starting April 1 of $2,475 because of escrow payment. That’s… more

First time landlord here for a new townhome. Potential tenant is asking for written consent on TV mounting and hanging pictures. Do people allow it? Who is responsible for fixing drywall holes and pai… more

For lease renewals (yearly), do you ask tenants sign entire lease again or use a one page addendum extending dates to another year.

Is Zillow good for creating lease for single family home?

Is it worth trying to get my appraisal license? Knowing how long it takes and hard it will be to find a mentor ?

I want to transition into real estate investing and/or flipping houses. I have capital, but I don’t know where to start. For example, am I able to find foreclosures and buy them on my own or do I leve… more

Would you rather… 1) buy a 4 bedroom fixer upper for about $500K OR 2) buy a 4 bedroom move in ready home for $700-$750K. Suburbs. Not sure if it’s a good idea to buy a fixer upper nowadays with la… more

A friend of mine got a quote for 6.2% interest on a $450k home in Georgia. Is that in-line with what everyone is seeing right now?

What are people’s thoughts on investing in a new construction suburban condo? These are one or two story “condos” (not high rise, more like 7-8 separate buildings maybe 2-4 condos per building) in a c… more

My parents are looking to downsize to another house. Their current house is paid off and in a prime location to attract renters so they’re not looking to sell. Should they be looking into a HELOC or a… more

Serious question from a first time home buyer… If the home inspector said you need new pipes (galvanized need to be swapped out) do you handle it before you move in or let them run it’s course and let… more

HHI 335K and just put in a mortgage application of ~720K to buy our first home in HCOL city (6.5% rate). We are following the 28% rule when budgeting but the size of this mortgage still feels very dau… more

Tenant here - my electric heating keeps breaking every time it goes below freezing and my landlord made me call (and pay) HVAC to fix it. I've figured out how to fix it now each time it happens b… more

I have a hospitality property I’m eyeing and am interested in putting under LOI. Where to start on getting a loan placed for its acquisition?

For those who BRRRR or fix and flip and have found properties on the MLS, do you generally end up paying close to listing due to competition or have you been able to get an offer well below listing ac… more

Looking for a home in Boca Raton under $1.1M. Anyone looking to sell?

Investors - do you compensate your contractors for coming out to see properties and provide estimates? First time investor and feel like I should do so for my contractor (who worked on my house) becau… more

Working on purchasing a commercial building with existing tenants. One of the tenants is the owner’s sister with extremely low rent compared to the market. In fact, the whole building has rent below m… more

Hi! Has anyone bought with K Hovanian homes in the DMV area? How has your experience been? Looking at a property in Chantilly with them. Townhomes priced around a million.

Anyone live in a different state than the state where you rent out a property? Would love to from those who have made it work and those who it hasn’t been good for. Thinking about moving but don’t wan… more