I've read 4 real estate books, watched the BP free course videos, listened daily to the BP podcast, etc.  

I wouldn't recommend buying partials on notes that aren't 3rd-party serviced.The contract should spell out exactly how many payments you're buying, for how much and the estimated return you should expect (no guarantees).

In the past several weeks, my friend and I have been hard at work searching for a variety of different properties, with multi-family taking precedent.

I'm a beginner in the real estate game (one multi-unit residential) living in North Hollywood in the Los Angeles area.

As we are about a year out of being ready for action, I am just starting to watch the neighborhoods and keep an eye on what things are realistically renting for on CL, and how high Multi Families are closing in this market.  

Very excited to see so many discussions about REI in Multi-family.

I recently spoke with a 203K loan officer here in Maryland, and they were very skeptical that the property I had previously eyed would have even qualify. I find that strange considering that the REO stated it would qu...

I'm looking into doing some flips, and maybe multi family.

Hi all,I'm still scouting for my first deal, and I came across a commercial multifamily (7 units + 2 stores) that is out of state (NY, I'm in CA) that looks promising.The basic numbers are:Asking price:  300kCurrently...

To answer your questions above I can say I use 8% for vacancy (and tweak up or down based on area), I do pay for Prop Mgmt and yes I save for CapEx (and maintenance for that matter)I have built a BRRR calculator that you can find in my files here: https://www.biggerpockets.com/files/user/peeklayI also did a video showing how to use it with a real world wholesale deal that I analyzed. you can find more info in my post here: https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/61/topics/219427-brrrr-calculator-analyzer