I'm pre med student trying to get into the real estate world. I was wondering is all the taxes included in mortgage or property tax not included in the mortgage payments

#AskBP I have heard the BP guys say in a number of webinars that when evaluating apartments, it should have a ROI of at least 12%. Is that on Y1 profoma numbers only? Is that an average across all five years not inc...

Forgive this possibly dumb question - I'm still very new

I am having a realtor send me properties from the MLS so I can practice analyzing potential deals. I just read "the book on rental property investing" and plan...

Hi all,I'm starting out my investing career with a buy and hold duplex in Worcester, MA. My good friend and I are purchasing it together and plan to hold title in a TIC and we are both on the mortgage application. We'...

Hello. 
I am new to real estate and wanting to crunch some numbers, but am finding that definitions vary from blog to blog. Please see below and clarify, if possible. Thanks.
A) Net Operating Income = income produce...

My wife and I are moving and are going to be renting our current home, it is a 2 bedroom, 2 1/2 bath townhome. I was looking to get suggestions from some more experience landlords on whether or not to leave our washer...

I live in Tempe (Phoenix) and my primary residence has a pool. I'm looking to move and to convert my current residence to a long-term rental, and I'm trying to figure out how to deal with the pool. I've read various p...

Hi All,I am interested in renting my current condo in Connecticut. I was hoping to list with the following description and looking for feedback. Please let me know if there are any concerns. Specifically if there are ...

Hi BP members,Can anyone please clarify the difference between cash flow and NOI? At first, I thought they both are the same thing until I started researching up on other stuff like the term Cap Rate, which confused m...

I am very interested in participating in the Baltimore City Tax Lien auction this year. I had intended to target liens by zip code (I like investing in the NE part of the city), but to my dismay the list of proper...