Blake Thompson
Submitting lowball offers without offending the agent.
With the current COVID-19 state of things, I have been running my numbers with low-ball offers (trying 80/20 ARV). When the time comes to submit the offer to a real estate agent, they have strongly discouraged the off...
Levi Ramirez
Beginner - Net Zero Quadplex New Construction
Hello BP, this is my first post, though I’ve been a long time off and on lurker. I am a 23 year old Arizonan looking to get into real estate investing. The method I was to use seems a bit different to me, and I’m curi...
Rafael Frias
What’s your end game ?
What’s your end game ? Studying and learning real estate can be both fun and frustrating at the same time! I learn In the last couple of years in the real estate game that you have to have an end game ! For example yo...
Luke Weber
Formulas don't work, every deal is different
When I am dealing with wholesalers or Realtors they almost always ask for my formula. I tell them, there is no formula, if you think it is a deal, send it to me and I'll run MY numbers on it and let you know.
If it ...
Pramod Yash
Advice on Entity formation and Financing
Hello all,I reside in CA, but am preparing to invest with a friend of mine on a property in Houston. I also plan to make a couple of investments this year in St Louis and elsewhere. My eventual goal is to hold a por...
Matt Taschner
Conflicting views with business partner on finishes
Hello everyone, I'm looking for some feedback regarding deciding what to do with cosmetic changes. My partner and I recently purchased our 3rd investment property, a 4br 2br that needs some cosmetic repairs. It was...
Scott Roelofs
Multi-Family Valuation and Depreciation Expense
We attended an event that had renowned author, podcaster, and 2000 plus door owner, Rod Khleif. During his presentation, he made a point of why multi-family was so exciting that caught my ear. He spoke about the valua...
John Kraakevik
Converting rentals back to primary residences
Twenty years ago, I converted my primary residence into a rental property. From what I have read, by moving back to the rental, I can only exclude the proportion of time I lived there-ten years of the last 30 years ,...
Mark Hulsey
Do Warren Buffet's Principles Apply to Real Estate Investing?
While reading an article on The Motley Fool last weekend about Warren Buffett’s sage advice on investing in the stock market got me thinking. Like most investors, I’m always comparing “the market” to real estate inves...
Chris Davidson
What is a Balanced Market
Everyone has heard something along the line of less than 6 months inventory is a sellers market and more than 6 months is a buyers market. My question is has this changed?
This made sense historically, but as the res...