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All Forum Posts by: Merle Brubacker

Merle Brubacker has started 2 posts and replied 57 times.

Post: WiscoREIA Kenosha - Real Estate Investing Meetup

Merle BrubackerPosted
  • Investor
  • Medford Wisconsin
  • Posts 57
  • Votes 18

@Heather I would love to attend one of these. My work with my current business makes that difficult but I will be trying to make time to attend and connect with others! Cheers!!!

Post: What are you looking for in a CPA

Merle BrubackerPosted
  • Investor
  • Medford Wisconsin
  • Posts 57
  • Votes 18

Welcome to the site! My current CPA is doing ok so far but I'll keep you in mind!

Post: Northern Wisconsin duplex for $20,000.

Merle BrubackerPosted
  • Investor
  • Medford Wisconsin
  • Posts 57
  • Votes 18

@Kevin Porter looks like you're on a great path! Congrats!

Post: Who is located in central Wisconsin,and what is your asset class?

Merle BrubackerPosted
  • Investor
  • Medford Wisconsin
  • Posts 57
  • Votes 18

Hey Brian, I'm in north central Wi. Sticking to SF and multi family for now.

And I do need to make it to Wausau for the meeting to meet Jeff, Derrick and the guys. Been a little busy. I'll be ready to pick up another property shortly.

Post: New member Introductions from WI

Merle BrubackerPosted
  • Investor
  • Medford Wisconsin
  • Posts 57
  • Votes 18

Welcome to BP best wishes to you in your journey.

Post: North of Milwaukee, WI

Merle BrubackerPosted
  • Investor
  • Medford Wisconsin
  • Posts 57
  • Votes 18

Yes I'm in Central, North Central Wisconsin

Post: Soon-To-Be College Grad Investing in Western Wisconsin

Merle BrubackerPosted
  • Investor
  • Medford Wisconsin
  • Posts 57
  • Votes 18

Welcome to the awesome knowledge base of BP! Can't wait to see you succeed in real estate.

Post: House Hack Deal Analysis

Merle BrubackerPosted
  • Investor
  • Medford Wisconsin
  • Posts 57
  • Votes 18

My rough estimation says this doesn't pass the sniff test. It wouldn't beat the 1% rule without you living there would it?

Post: What are the top 5 cities for Long Distance Estate Investing?

Merle BrubackerPosted
  • Investor
  • Medford Wisconsin
  • Posts 57
  • Votes 18

You can search on Google for population growth, job growth, median income, diverse jobs, landlord laws, housing growth and prices. Keep adding filters until you're left with a few and go from there.

Post: About to close on my first house and it has foundation problems.

Merle BrubackerPosted
  • Investor
  • Medford Wisconsin
  • Posts 57
  • Votes 18

Yeah get some estimates so you have a baseline for your numbers and if they look good yet, do it.