Gian Chaves
New real estate investors
8 July 2015 | 7 replies
Having both will grant you with more confidence and greater access to necessary information (not to mention saving time, as you will not have to wait for someone else to allow you to view a property or provide comparables as your wife can now carry out such tasks).
Jared S.
Location, location, location
29 October 2019 | 7 replies
I would guess that there's a lot of variation within that area, so you may need to more clearly define your target market within Florida, so you can compare apples to apples.
Charles Worth
Will Popular Lower Priced Cities Ever See Appreciation?
6 July 2015 | 1 reply
Compare this to places like SF or NYC where few places to expand to and old style rental regulations constrains housing supply to a certain number of units a year so you either buy the higher prices or move.
Leann W.
Signed up for an online course...
5 July 2015 | 2 replies
I thought the $1k fee was fairly reasonable compared to another "big name" educational entity,(scam?)
Joseph Gozlan
Let's play devil's advocate
5 July 2015 | 7 replies
If we were to do a full technical analysis we would have to compare commercial loans to 30 years conventional and factor in risk and expected rate changes on the 5/10/15 year terms the commercial loans carry.
Chris Seveney
Buy and hold out of state
7 July 2015 | 17 replies
Definitely no set way you have to do everything, but basic things you always want to verify-- location, quality of the property (property inspection for sure), market rents (especially if needing to compare to what is being advertised), taxes and insurance costs, major due diligence on the management company since essentially the fate of your investment largely lies in their hands, tenants, etc.
Kevin Jung
Giving loan to your LLC and paying back with business credit card
11 October 2021 | 3 replies
You could charge a very low interest rate amortized over 30 years that would be pennies in monthly interest cost compared to the higher interest of the credit card.The question here isn't "can you do this".
Danny Leyva
Does Propstream provide last sale price?
12 October 2021 | 1 reply
For Non-Disclosure states, like Texas, it doesn't necessarily always show what a property last sold for, but if you go to the "Comparables & Nearby Listings" tab, they usually are pretty good about having some comps...at least in Texas...not sure about other states...and in some counties you need to click the "Both" for the Data Set bar, if the default selection of "Public Records" isnt' really bringing up anything.
William Costello
Why are cap rates important in commercial real estate
12 October 2021 | 2 replies
For example, a higher cap rate indicates a higher potential return, but it also indicates higher levels of risk, which means that the price an investor may be willing to pay is lower.For example: An investor was considering purchasing one of the two properties.Property 1: $100,000 NOI / $1,000,000 Purchase Price = 10% Cap Rate.Property 2: $500,000 NOI / $6,250,000 Purchase Price = 8% Cap RateWhen comparing these two potential purchases, it is safe to assume that Property 1 carries more risk because it has a higher cap rate.
William Costello
Why people prefer going the syndication route in real estate
29 October 2021 | 24 replies
But highlighting those will be conflict of interest for many on biggerpockets 😉 I love this post Tushar, but are you sure you're comparing apples to apples?