Nick Stango
Should I expect to cash flow when using a 15 year mortgage?
I want to buy a duplex but went to use a 15 year mortgage but it's hard to cash flow with a 15 year mortgage. Should I just be ok with the equity growth?
Jason M.
Am i crazy or is -$900 a month out of pocket still a great deal ?
spoke with my lender today and we agreed on allowing me to buy a multi-family home with a primary Resident Conventional loan using 10% down. of course, I would have to house hack the property the first year, meaning I...
Tom Seigold
Reality check: is my property-acquisition plan sound?
After debts and household living costs, I have roughly $40k/year in disposable income to put toward down payments on new properties. If all goes well, my hope is to average buying $200k worth of property every year (...
Wendy Leeman
Raise rent, cash out refi, or sell rental property in Charlotte?
Hey everyone, total BP newbie here and my first post. Question- what would you do if you owned a rental property that 1) has long term (6 year+) tenants on a month-to-month lease that continue to pay throughout the pa...
Jason Reynolds
Student Rental House Hack (Bethlehem, PA)
Hey everyone,So as the title says, I'm planning on purchasing a 3 Bd/2 Ba SFR to house hack right next to Lehigh University in Bethlehem PA. I'll be getting an FHA loan, attempting to rent out a couple of the bedrooms...
Jonathan G.
First possible SFR investment. Looking for advice.
Below is info on the deal. Any advice would be appreciated. Let me know if I missed anything. Thanks!House cost is $125,000 - negotiate to $122,000 (4/2) 1626 sq ft.Taxes = $2,582rentometer states = average rent = ...
Chris Palmer
Passed on a property - Did we do the right thing?
We had put in a cash offer on a house in Gainesville, TX. The listing price was $99k, we offered $95k. The bright side of the property was there was two potential rental income sources. There was a main house built in...
Cassidy Burns
Keeping Track of Individual Unit Month to Month Expenses
Hi BP,As I start to acquire more and more properties, the efficiency of my records of expenses/income/ROI is getting complicated and honestly not as organized as I would like. Not being a complete expert with excel h...
Tyler Wenzel
What to do with non-separated utilities?
I am looking to close on my first property in the next month and trying to finalize a few details. The current leases do not go into much detail on how the current property manager handles non-separated utilities so ...
Shawn McCoy
Is there a target IRR real estate investors typically look for?
I'm somewhat new to the real estate world. I'm coming in from a background in private equity, where limited partners typically target a ~25% IRR. And that IRR is key to modelling when approaching investors with busine...