Katie Southard
Selling Rental before Cap Gains Timeline
8 January 2025 | 10 replies
Our life is complicated and I work a complicated stressful job, but if we’re being honest, I also don’t have time for renters, but I somehow make it work and I personally think it pays off.Mtg: 1800Rent: 2900Owe: 200Rate: 4.5 I thinkSell Price: est. 450-460No other rentals except an in law suite on our current primaryFuture goals: would love to use this properly to buy other properties to get out of the corporate rat race.
Elizabeth Orth-He
How do you handle STR laundry for larger properties?
26 December 2024 | 9 replies
They’re built for heavy use and have faster drying times—usually 30–45 minutes—without needing major electrical changes.If you’re up for a bigger investment, adding extra stackable units in the garage could be a great long-term fix, though it’ll mean some electrical work and setting up proper ventilation.I’d probably go for the commercial upgrade in your current space first—it’s quicker and might solve the bottleneck right away.
Anirudh Reddy
Who can claim interest paid on a seller finance property?
4 February 2025 | 17 replies
If the Warranty Deed has been properly recorded, the court deems that, as "constructive notice".
Torrean Edwards
TR, I am an investor from Milwaukee.
27 December 2024 | 27 replies
One of the biggest challenges of investing in Rustbelt cities is knowing where to invest and properly understanding the cooresponding pros & cons.Here's copy & paste advice we share to help to address this challenge:-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Recommend you first figure out the property Class you want to invest in, THEN figure out the corresponding location to invest in.Property Class will typically dictate the Class of tenant you get, which greatly IMPACTS rental income stability and property maintenance/damage by tenants.If you apply Class A assumptions to a Class B or C purchase, your expectations won’t be met and it may be a financial disaster.If you buy/renovate a Class A property in Class D area, what quality of tenant will you get?
Phil Johnson
Taking the next step
19 December 2024 | 5 replies
I know I need to assemble a team, I know I need to understand markets and analyze a ton of deals, and I know I need to coordinate it all for execution with the right timing.
Rae Chris
Properties, Networking, Advice,
2 January 2025 | 13 replies
:Class A Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, 3-5 years for positive cashflow, but you get highest relative rent & value appreciation.Vacancy Est: Historically 10%, 5% the more recent norm.Tenant Pool: Majority will have FICO scores of 680+ (roughly 5% probability of default), zero evictions in last 7 years.Class B Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, decent amount of relative rent & value appreciation.Vacancy Est: Historically 10%, 5% should be applied only if proper research done to support.Tenant Pool: Majority will have FICO scores of 620-680 (around 10% probability of default), some blemishes, but should have no evictions in last 5 yearsClass C Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, high cashflow and at the lower end of relative rent & value appreciation.
Mark S.
preREO - First Mortgage Secured by Vacant Property
24 January 2025 | 42 replies
As I mentioned in my post, if you don’t have a proper team in place to work on deals like this depending on this company to see you through is just smoke and mirrors.Thanks why won’t deal with them anymore.
Sakib Khan
Thinking About Buying My First Rental Property – Need Advice for the Near DMV area!
14 January 2025 | 10 replies
that we’ve learned in our 24 years, managing almost 700 doors across the Metro Detroit area, including almost 100 S8 leases:Class A Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, 3-5 years for positive cashflow, but you get highest relative rent & value appreciation.Vacancy Est: Historically 10%, 5% the more recent norm.Tenant Pool: Majority will have FICO scores of 680+ (roughly 5% probability of default), zero evictions in last 7 years.Class B Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, decent amount of relative rent & value appreciation.Vacancy Est: Historically 10%, 5% should be applied only if proper research done to support.Tenant Pool: Majority will have FICO scores of 620-680 (around 10% probability of default), some blemishes, but should have no evictions in last 5 yearsClass C Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, high cashflow and at the lower end of relative rent & value appreciation.
Greg Strunak
Cash flow/ passive income
30 December 2024 | 6 replies
If you have a business entity(you want to properly track money going in / out from its owners).They will likely be classified as contributions / distributions.Best of luck!
Noah Bacon
BiggerPockets Pro Partner Update - Stessa!
15 January 2025 | 49 replies
But after all this time and effort, I still don’t have a proper syncing system.