Do you like your real estate deals to include large potential profits, emergency easements, a mystery water supply, and Poltergeist references? Well, buckle up! This story is right up your alley. This was a property where the sellers contacted us from a direct mail letter we sent in February. They were interested in selling their …
This is one of those stories where words do not do it justice, you just have to see pictures. Fortunately for you, loyal readers, I took a metric ton of pictures. We got a call one day from a guy out of Des Moines who was power of attorney for his sister’s financial matters in …
One of my contractor friends called me about a house in Carter Lake owned by a gentleman who had just lost a spouse, and was looking to sell his house as-is, ASAP. I had driven by the house a million times since I live in Carter Lake and it is on one of the main …
The first house I ever bought with a partner was also the worst house I have ever bought with a partner. It was February 2018, and my partner, Brandon, and I had just formed our business, Red Ladder Property Solutions. We were both still working our jobby jobs, not yet pulling the trigger on our …
This deal was one that I found on Craigslist advertising two side by side brick 4 plexes on the West end of Council Bluffs. I actually recognized these buildings from the pictures on the posting because I had looked at them about 7 years ago before the current owner bought them. The owner was another …
This is not going to be for the faint of heart! Anyone who has been buying houses for several years has surely seen some pretty gross ones, and probably some that are complete disasters. So, I thought I would share some of my doozies. This is going to be tough – there are so many! …
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