When youre assessing a potential deal and quickly want to figure out the cap rate of say, a multi-family place, before you actually hit up the people for financials, what is the percent you take out as a rough estimat...

I will be meeting with a seller of several rental properties. Her husband just passed away and she would like to sell 12 rental properties. I will be visiting with her to find out what she needs but I'm guessing she j...

Hello BP Community,This is my first post, so please call me out if this is the wrong forum. I am 25, currently living in Washington, D.C.. With my girlfriend (we will be engaged by October ;), paying an egregious amou...

Hi all,I think this is the right forum for this question. My father runs a  general contracting company mainly focused on commercial properties but has done a lot of residential as well, from renovations to build outs...

Looking to get opinions on whether to sell an existing rental condo unit or hold on for a potentially bumpy ride.  My apologies for the lengthy context.Purchase History: $180,000 in early 2009. Located in greater F...

Looking to buy rental condo. $184,000 property, 20% down, so finance 147,200.  Rate estimated to be 4.75% 30 yr fixed, taxes $2175/yr, insurance $600/yr, HOA dues $115/month.  Cost estimate would be about $1110/month....

Hi everyone I am a newbie and have a question about analyzing deals. A condo in my hometown has come up that I am interested in. I was wondering since it is a condo with HOA fees,if I need to still account for capital...

Hey!I'm thinking about house hacking in the north side of Chicago (Avondale and the surrounding areas).  I've used a couple calculators to assess cash flow and stuff, but I'm wondering if there is a rule of thumb or s...

We have been looking into the purchase of a 24-unit apartment building in Arizona that fits our location and buying criteria, however as we dug deeper with the seller we discovered that a few years back they had conve...

Hey BP,So you may have seen some of my other posts on here recently but I'm currently close to a deal with my current landlord to purchase my single-family house in the Southside of Pittsburgh. This is an extremely s...