Quote from @Sherief Elbassuoni: Whenever I have cash, I put it as a downpayment for a new rental.Even if you got 4-5%, this is less than inflation, so your money is loosing valueMonth over month inflation is more current information than year over year...and it has been near zero in total for the past nine months and negative for 5 of those 9 months. 

Other lenders as a new relationship may not care as much because they were not the ones that originally funded your loan and would not yet deem you as a risk.

That being said rents have flattened mainly because of the supply of new construction in the area. 

Terrified new homebuyer here stepping into the world of real estate investing.

Instead of just writing "property maintenance," note activities like "installed new light fixtures" or "deep cleaned kitchen for guest turnover."

we build at or slightly below the average new build in our market where there is high absorbtion 

Hello I am new too Bigger Pockets and want to learn Commercial Real Estate Investing but I don't know how, I heard that this website can help with beginners.

Hi @Chris Seveney,It looks like they have a new website.

Major league franchise and we're building a new arena.

Hi everyone, I'm new to the BP community.