Chris O'brien
How to calculate building costs for a small apartment building
Hello all, I am new to the forum and have been reading all over BP trying to educate myself about real estate. I'm 27 years old and have saved up quite a bit of money($120k at the moment). I'm interested in building...
Cary F.
REI Competitive Advantage - Is Serge Right?
My fiance and I are under contract on an incredible double around Cleveland, Ohio (Lakewood). I'm an economist and have a business background and found what Serge said about competitive advantage to be very compelling...
Anthony Gayden
Lack of Sympathy
I started this thread because someone called me cruel for putting a tenant in eviction proceedings during the holiday season. This is after this tenant has paid me late for the last 6 months straight, and owes me over...
Account Closed
Betting Heavily On Phoenix
Let’s play a game. I’ll tell you why I’m betting heavily into the Phoenix real estate market. I’ll detail the stakes. I’ll outline my reasoning and then you get to poke a thousand holes in my theory. Ready? Go!!The St...
Brie Schmidt
Paying rent with Cash - Simplifying processes
Our tenants pay rent with cash. Some send money orders, some deposit cash in our account, but a majority used PayNearMe to pay at family dollar locations. Now the Family Dollar in our area will no longer accept PayN...
Grayson Gist
Racism versus Return
Hey there,I want to build a fence around my owner occupied fourplex. I watched a neighbor put up a beautiful 6’ privacy fence and hoped the contractor would put up a sign. They did so I called it. He came out and gave...
Mary Jay
Rich don't sell, they leverage
Ive heard many times: "Rich dont sell, they leverage". Than a lot of other people do "Buy low, sell high" sort of thing...What is the benefit of never selling? Lets say you have a 100 year old house that is not in a s...
Roger S.
People that make you shake your head
How many people do you know that just make you shake your head at their financial predicament? I mean, hey, I came late in life to financial sanity and the decision to invest and retire early, and made lots of stupi...
Daniel Fisher
Don't I feel like the grinch!!!
In November my tenants failed to pay their rent and my PM started the eviction process. Today I received a notice that eviction is set for Christmas Eve.
What do you make of that?
Would you suggest to the constabl...
Richard Chan
What do you wish people had told you when you started?
Greetings and Salutations BP folks!I found BP via Youtube starting with Peter Harris's videos and following suggestions. Can't begin to say how impressed and motivated I am to have found this community. Thank you!!I...