All Forum Posts by: Stephanie Dupuis

An article in Science Daily about a solution to bedbugs that looks to be coming in the next year. Interesting article.

Putting Bedbugs to Bed Forever - Simon Fraser University

Welcome to BP, John! I'm an active investor and licensed RE broker in Kitsap/Mason county area. I live in Bremerton. You will enjoy this site and the people here. Please feel free to PM/contact me, I'm available for a reach out and questions. Again, welcome to BP!!! 

@Account Closed - Is investing in areas around Seattle an option? If you're willing to look out of state to Kansas City, why not look in-state to areas that do cash flow and might be a 1-2 hour drive away? If ease and simplicity are criteria, the more local the investment, the better? or no?

Hi Keith - I'm in Bremerton/Silverdale area. Welcome to BP! Great to see you here.

We often provide a credit for repairs to be paid to a "licensed contractor" at closing. Buyer then receives payment written to their chosen licensed contractor (you) at closing to complete the repairs. This is a cleaner way to do it. It is not in your best interest to do repairs as a buyer prior to closing on a property (do not do this). If it happened to not close, you just worked for free. Better to negotiate a credit for repairs. Some lenders will allow a credit for repairs to be paid to the buyer directly (starting to happen again), but this was mostly stopped after the 2007-08 crash and many lenders still do not allow this.

Hi @Juan Silva I'm an investor in Bremerton, Silverdale, Poulsbo area and I'm also an investor friendly Realtor. Feel free to PM questions if you have any. I rarely see 2% properties on the MLS in Poulsbo and Silverdale, but I do see 1.5%-2% properties in Bremerton. 1% is a dime a dozen. Port Orchard is also good.

Welcome, Max! Stop calling yourself a loser - it's not a joke. Your brain takes it seriously and believes you. Treat your brain like a dear friend.

Congrats on making some positive choices. Our pasts can be motivating. Keep your costs down. You live for free in Mom's basement? You rock. We're all envious - you have zero housing expenses. Keep that going and save your income.

Welcome to BP!

Welcome to BP, @Matthew Gilbert !

Welcome to BP!