Gold is down 20%, Dollar remains flat at an index of 80 - 81. The U.S. Stock market is up 20+% ( I didn't see this coming and did not invest here), TBT is up 30% (2x short the treasury bond since May 2012) ( I ...

Greetings BP Self-Storage gurus,I'm a 5 year active multi-family investor and landlord but am closing on my first self-storage in about 30 days.  I picked it up for a song when looking for commercial as my bandwidth m...

I’ve been in Austin, TX for 5 years now. Everything around Austin has increased in values. Why is Round Rock not appreciating as fast as other parts of Austin, Leander, etc? Is there something I am missing? As far as ...

Hello BP,First of all, thanks for reading yet another introduction :-). Young adult here (soon to be an old adult in one year when I hit 30), who finally decided it was time to do something with his savings. I've been...

Hey guys I am moving my family into a home in a place with less crime and our house will be finished in 4 months, I am trying to buy investment properties in the meantime, but the lender told me if buy a investment pr...

Hello all,Would love to hear your thoughts on whether there is a beach town that allows short term rentals in California, and where the following plan may make sense. We're looking to buy a property (most likely a con...

Hi All,There seems to be 3 common approaches to financing rental properties:1- Buy in cash. Hold in cash. Debt is bad. 2- Buy with the absolute minimum necessary out of pocket for the longest possible term.3- Somewher...

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Question for anyone who is currently receiving rental income - what are you doing with that money?

I have a multi-family property in NYC where I am cash flowing anywhere from $300-900 a month depen...

Hello all, I just discovered this forum and I cannot believe what a great resource it is. I am currently looking at a few options and I am struggling to find what I think is the most strategic answer so I'd like to la...