J. Martin
Recession Predictor: Leading Index of Economic Indicators
The Leading Index of Economic Indicators has been a pretty good indicator of a decline in economic activity, since it was published. The index uses nonfarm payroll employment, the unemployment rate, average hours work...
Account Closed
Is Cash Flow King? Price to Rent and 1% in different OOS markets.
Over the past year, I've been educating myself so as to get my investing start, most like with single family buy and hold. I live in San Diego county, so I've tended to focus on starting OOS. Initially, I was looking ...
Dustin Calgaro
Cash-out or partner on my 4 unit property in Costa Rica
Hi BPers
I bought and completely remodeled a building with three side-by-side, 2 bed 1 bath apartments and one small, 2 bed 1 bath house on ~1.5 acres in Ojochal, Costa Rica. I added a pool and did some landscaping a...
John Neff
What books have you found most helpful?
Has anyone read any books that they thought to be particularly helpful? I’m pretty familiar with a lot of the bigger hitters, but would love to discover some books with less notoriety.Thanks!
Will Barnard
Liar, Liar!!
I sure have a knack for running into some unscrupulous charters in this business. Many of you are familiar with my nightmare documented in the "Occupants from hell" thread. Well, I have yet another story to tell.I hav...
Mindy Jensen
How Do You Deck Out Your Short Term Rental?
I'm staying at an AirBnB in San Diego. I chose it for the location, just a few blocks from the beach.It's newly renovated and looks nice. Fresh paint, very clean, comfy beds and couch.But there are no decorations. The...
Gerry Tenebruso
Question about down payments on a investment property
Hi all,
Is it absolutely necessary to put 20% down on a investment property? I'm trying to buy a duplex in the suburbs of Philadelphia and was told I have to put 20% down
Thank you,
Gerry
Peymon Hashimoto
Should I take legal action? County Tax deed sale gone wrong!!!
I contacted Bonneville County in Idaho to take a look at properties that the county took possession of due to unpaid taxes and tried to purchase those properties. They gave me a list of properties that no one made an ...
Joe Jor
Blocked Hot Water Radiator Return Line
Howdy gang!I have a 100 year old house in NY. After draining the hot water radiator system over the summer to replace a number of values, I was able to represurize the system without leaks.Once the heat started being...
Alvin Bittner
New Build to Rent -- Is it a pipe dream?
This would be my first venture into real estate so I'm not sure how to go about figuring out if this will work.I would like to build new houses to rent.I'm unable to do any of the labor and quite a bit short on cash.H...