All Forum Posts by: Mehran K.

Thanks for finally becoming a member of the site @Michael Cosby, appreciate your introduction as well. It must feel good to be taking control of your financial future, that's awesome!

Welcome to the site @Craig Hanlon, thanks for your introduction. It's great to have you as part of the community! I think becoming a real estate agent is a GREAT way to learn the business while having the opportunity to make money at the same time. 

Welcome to BiggerPockets @Sarah Fowler, thanks for introducing yourself to the community. It's awesome that you're both very interested in real estate and seem to have the right tools to supplement each other in this new venture. 

Hope to see you around the site!

Welcome to BiggerPockets @Ryan Brunworth, thanks for the introduction! Although I don't run my own healthcare business, I do work in healthcare and am looking to eventually transition to full time REI. It's great to have you here and good luck with your NEW venture :)

Welcome to BP @Doug Mac Gregor ! Thanks for the introduction. It's awesome that RDPD piqued your interest AND that you didn't pay so much money for their coaching. It's great to have you here.

If you haven't already, be sure to check out the BiggerPockets Podcasts.

Hope to see you more around the site!

In the area I invest, they don't "require" appliances, they just allow more money for rent for each appliance that you do have in the rental.

I suggest you connect with some landlords or property managers with section 8 properties in the actual city you're inquiring about. They can give you some local insight as to how stringent they are and what they're typically looking for.

Are you looking to purchase the property as your primary residence or as a rental?

If I remember correctly, a tenant the right to remain in the property for the duration of the lease agreement with one exception. When the homeowner wants to move into the property as his primary residence, the tenant may be forced out. You must provide a 30-day notice to vacate using the reason you want to inhabit the property as your principal residence.

You should double check on that though.

From what I've seen, FNMA and FMCC investor conventional loans aren't too foreigner friendly. I'm not sure of the actual guidelines, but I know of some out of the country buyers who've had problems with local financing.

I know that Marcus & Millichap put out some good reports. City-Data is great also. I think one of the best tools is this site called BiggerPockets :) You can network with some investors local to the markets you're looking in, to get some real boots on the ground information.

Hey there Ben!

I use NREIG for all my insurance needs, I believe they operate in all states. The president/ceo is a BP member as well. 

http://www.nreinsurance.com/