
3 February 2025 | 47 replies
Deduct NEW property taxes after you buyDeduct home insurance costsDeduct maintenance percentage, typically 10%Deduct vacancy+tenant nonperformance percentage(we recommend 5% for Class A, 10% Class B, 20% Class C, good luck with Class D)Deduct whatever dollar/percentage of cashflow you wantNow, what you have left over is the amount for debt service.Enter it into a mortgage calculator, with current interest rate for an investment property, to determine your maximum mortgage amount.Divide the mortgage amount by either 75% or 80%, depending on the required down payment percentage - this is your tentative price to offer.If the property needs repairs, you'll want to deduct 110%-120% of the estimated repairs from this amount.Be sure to also research the ARV and make sure it's 10-20% higher than your tentative purchase price.As long as the ARV checks out, this is the purchase price to offer.It is probably significantly below the asking price.

6 January 2025 | 11 replies
Start with BiggerPockets Ultimate Beginners Guide (free).

13 January 2025 | 11 replies
Check your state laws on tenant abandonment - then follow them.You can choose to be more aggressive, but make sure you understand the risks!
4 January 2025 | 7 replies
Did you check with NALTA?

10 January 2025 | 13 replies
This TDR is a new program that has been in development for 30 years and should ignite into an active free market for credits this coming July 15.

3 January 2025 | 3 replies
We deliver our properties free of both (noted as such in the lease) and then contractually make the tenant liable for prevention/termination.

11 January 2025 | 1 reply
I am financially free with ~$10-17k/mo cashflow.

4 January 2025 | 7 replies
Most people are refinancing a BRRR because they are in short term debt (like 12 month hard money used for purchase +rehab financing) or own the property free and clear (they bought all cash) and would get a higher return on equity by leveraging the property and reinvesting the cash out proceeds of the loan to scale the portfolio.

15 January 2025 | 14 replies
- How much do you value your free time?

12 January 2025 | 54 replies
In a stable free economy the natural tendency is for prices to go down not up.