Adrian Schlueter
New home build... HELP!
18 February 2014 | 7 replies
It follows the classic 1% rule (rent is 1% of the purchase price)--or is that the 10% rule where yearly rents are 10% of the purchase price...I never remember.
Ryan Pozzi
Is it really about not spending the money you make?
20 March 2019 | 109 replies
A wise ruler once wrote: The rich rules over the poor, And the borrower becomes the lender's slave.
Marianne Lopez-Henthorn
If you could move anywhere in the US...
5 June 2020 | 137 replies
Irvine CA Beside In and Out Burger
Craig Dieterich
First purchase...Did I screw up?
3 December 2021 | 80 replies
Lets review the rules in order to see if it was a good deal:50% rule - 50% of gross income should go towards expenses minus mortgage paymentExpenses include:Property InsuranceProperty TaxesMaintenance/RepairsUtilitiesProperty Management You have no mortgage pmt since you paid cash so that is a plus $10,800 annual income * 50% = $5,400Based off 50% rule its a deal.lets try the 10% rule - Annual rent / purchase costs 10,800/35000 = 30.85%Based on 10% rule its a stealNow lets try the 1% rulerent/purchase price*100900/35000*100 = 2.57%You found a deal.Remember that much of the expenses other than the tax interest can be tax deducted.Great Find 😁
Greg R.
Housing crash deniers ???
14 January 2023 | 2904 replies
If you pay a worker $1.oo more to make a burger, that burger will NOT sell for $1.00 more.
David Clark
Hello from Seattle! Tell me it's not too late...
21 October 2019 | 13 replies
Our dining facilities on base (which offer free meals to juniors/dirt cheap meals to seniors) are habitually becoming more and more empty with individuals choosing to spend money daily at burger king, subway etc.
Account Closed
Fed Calls it a Housing Bubble - … 1st time since early 2000's
22 April 2022 | 64 replies
Yes, you can flip burgers now for almost $15-17 an hour, but those on salary at $50k a year have not seen a doubling in income.
Mark Davis
New member from SE Pennsylvania
24 January 2017 | 10 replies
No big McDonald signs or Burger King but instead small sign out front that is tasteful and appealing.
Darius Stone
Hello Dallas
12 September 2015 | 1 reply
I currently flip burgers but I'm more interested in flipping houses which is why I joined bp, to gain more knowledge from like minded people.I do have two questions to ask anybody investing in the texas market.
Paul Winka
Feels like competing against McDonalds with a hamburger stand!
4 November 2014 | 14 replies
Let me put it another way: It’s though I am proposing to put up a hamburger stand up and hope to make a go of it while Burger King and McDonald’s are just across the street.