Chris Seveney
Sharpening Your Skills During This Time
For many of us we are quarantined at home and working from home but have found we have extra time during the day. While I recommend that time be spent with family and maybe getting some exercise to lose those pounds y...
Mark Yuschak
Bookkeeping - what's your approach?
As we acquire more and more (mostly buy and holds, but also some rehabs for a quick flip) it's becoming more and more of a hassle to keep the books.
I am yet to find an adequate piece of bookkeeping software which re...
Justin Rush
New Investor- Florida Market
BP Family,I’ve always loved only handful of things, two of them are Florida and Real estate, so I want to combine them both. This is a dream of mine and what I want to pass to my children. I’ve also done my due dilige...
Dylan McLauchlan
Student Rental. Summer Vacancy?
Hello all,
Just found a really attractive property right near a local college. So far the numbers work very well, but I'm not sure what to factor in for the vacancy rates, since as a student rental it my not ...
Tom Cotter
5.375% Interest for Conventional loan on Investment Property??
Hello All,I'm in the process in buying a second home for the purpose of renting out. I plan on going with a conventional loan at 20% down, the loan officer I'm working with has me pre-qualified and has the interest ra...
Shazia Chiu
What is your Favorite Lead Gen Strategy?
Hi everyone!I'm a real estate in Utah, and I'd love to get feedback on some of the popular lead generation methods that agents use to find new clients. These are some of the methods that I've been considering:-Cold-ca...
Ryland Taniguchi
Partnership Horror Stories
I would have to say that I am very very lucky because I have partnerships now that work amazingly well like marriages made in heaven. One of my current partnerships is with someone who I could literally chat with for ...
James Ross
Basic property analysis
Hello everyone!
I’ve been learning how to analyze properties and I wanted to post on how to do a full, if basic, property analysis. My hope is both to help other investors out by distilling things I've learned while...
John Bapst
Are We at the Top of the Market??
What is going on in Southern Maine? Over the last 12-18 months, feel like valuations have gone hyperbolic. Looking at cap rates on some 2-4 units and there is actually stuff with a 3-handle on it! Most seem to be ~4.0...
Craig Osterloh
50% Rule and $100 Cash Flow
I guess my question is how accurate do you find the 50% expense rule?
If you gross rents are $2500, a margin of error of 10% on your expenses would result in a $125 difference in cash flow. This might result accepti...