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20 September 2023 | 147 replies
If you are underwriting this deal without these in mind, you are walking a dangerous path, as one major repair may cause your calculations to spiral.(3) Unpredictable Future Who's to say this renter stays here for a prolonged period?
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21 January 2022 | 5 replies
And that's an important distinction for readers to take notice of, thinking begin accredited will give them some kind of privileged access.
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1 January 2022 | 69 replies
@JD Martin I think an important distinction to make on BP is you have a few class of investors or BP members.1. the business owner who is already in RE business in some manner be it PM RE brokerage Lending etc etc and their interest In BP would be to further their already established business models.2. you have the W 2 / or self-employed but in a business that has nothing to do with real estate and they come here to learn how to be a landlord.
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25 December 2021 | 35 replies
My parents have a decent amount of friends that acquired apartment complexes for dirt cheap in Koreatown decades ago back when K-town was considered a dangerous place...before the billions of dollars came pouring in from overseas and all the insane amount of development that is currently still going on here.
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5 May 2022 | 150 replies
What is dangerous is to drift into the hype and make emotional decisions based on the market behavior rather than what your numbers are saying.
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25 January 2022 | 126 replies
Unfortunately not all new things are dangerous to us, so it can prevent people from doing good things.
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16 December 2021 | 6 replies
Make sure your lease prohibits dangerous items such as swimming pools and trampolines.
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16 December 2021 | 30 replies
But I think there's some serious danger signs out there.
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27 August 2021 | 12 replies
But raise the caution/danger flag for those that are - and author of this thread.
27 August 2019 | 15 replies
It is a subtle let critical distinction if you want to successfully avoid prosecution by the SEC or a state regulator.