David B.
Design and Construction Progress-Based Payment Schedule
Any feedback on this progressed-based payment schedule for a $450K remodel project?Should there be more specific milestones like flooring, appliances etc? Possibly withhold a little more for job completion? Maybe 15%....
Ryan Jones
Portland, Oregon Investers How are you?
Hello PDX (and surrounding area) investor friends! My wife and I are coming into the scene here and would love to start a conversation with like-minded local folks. We currently do not own any rentals yet, however, we...
Isaac Black
Buyer Agent Commission FSBO
I found a house on my own and have done 100% of negotiations thus far by myself. The seller is a FSBO obviously, I'm figuring I'm going to have to pay my agent a commission but can I figure that commission into my loa...
Evan Loader
Sophisticated investor in syndication dilemma
I have been investing in private multifamily syndications for about 18 months. It was a great deal for me because I live/work overseas as a defense contractor supporting the US Navy. I want to participate in multifami...
Parker Stiles
Quickbooks online or desktop?
My wife is going to start doing our books. She has bought Quickbook Destop 2016 for a Mac computer. Each time we talk to the quickbook support team, they are pushing us to buy the online version. Who uses Quickbooks d...
Lawrence Gillett
How do you value a cash flow negative business?
Looking a buying a non-performing business of an art workshop franchise. Being a franchise, can't share any of the numbers (signed an NDA).
Labor costs are way too high, and the owner is barely involved. There's alw...
Rich Weese
Quit blaming Bush!!
We're in a financial meltdown,imo and we keep hearing about that rotten Bush and the spending on Iraq war.
When will current pres start taking some responsibility for his part in our mess? According to the CBO, h...
Duriel Taylor
Lines of Credit to fix-n-flip (2016)
Hello BP Family,Happy Sunday and I hope all is well. What would be your advice to someone that is interested in using lines of credit to start a fix-n-flip business? Here is my mindset on how the LOC process starts, h...
Shawn M.
Introduction; Metro Detroit Real Estate Investor
Hello BP family, my name is Shawn and I am a real estate investor located in the Metro Detroit area. My wife and I have several rental properties and turn a tun-key property management business. Turn-key as in the r...
Stephen Masek
Debt, The biggest drug
The Orange County Register ran this article by me on 11/6/2011, and I though you-all might like it.
Debt is the worst drug in America, because it directly harms the most people.
The debt pushers have en...