Luke Councell
1st Time MD Homebuyer need learning exp. Estimating Repair Costs
Hello,Long-time lurker looking for some advice on purchasing an older home in NW Maryland (cheaper than most places in MD) and estimating repairs on it. I will be looking at the home today, and I'm not quite sure how ...
David Jenkins
Help with understanding Cap Rate in it's simplest form
Hi -- Can someone please explain how I'd be able to figure out a cap rate on a calculator as if I were a 5 year old?I've seen several other investors try to explain this and it still looks like Chinese to me (and I do...
Tyler Gebert
How can my mother buy a new home and not sell her current home?
My mother has her current home which she bought for 108k about 4 years ago, her house is now worth around 240k. Her mortgage on the home is around $800 monthly. Here is the situation, she wants to buy a new home and n...
Dan Fox
What is your ideal target Cap Rate?
Anyone seeing over 8% cap rates out there for multi-plex investing? What is your ideal target cap rate to invest in?I am in the process of selling some of my SFR and Condo flip / holds that provided a good return on t...
David Schach
50% rule seems extremely arbitrary
I am very familiar with this rule of thumb, however it seems so misguided and arbitrary and takes into account almost nothing other than a base rental assumption.Say you've got a 10 unit building and most tenants are ...
Joseph Sangimino
How to underwrite an apartment building that's unoccupied?
All, I need some advice from the community. I'm in the early stages of analyzing an apartment complex for sale in my target area. It's currently unoccupied so I'm at a loss as to how to underwrite it properly. It may ...
Nate Boda
FHA vs Conventional Financing as it pertains to CASHFLOW
Ok so here's the scoop:I am a beginning investor looking for my first buy and hold investment so as to get my feet wet. I am headed in the direction of a multi unit; a four-plex would be great since that is the maximu...
John Heffner
Do I sell my rentals when 1% goes to 0.5%
I'm new to the post and have been investing in real-estate the last 5 years on my own and have 3 single family homes and one Duplex in West Sacramento CA. When I bought them the Rent to home value was 1.0%+ but since...
Anthony Rivera
Seeking Mentor/coaching
Hello Everyone,I am looking for a mentor or coach to help me kick off my real estate investing business. I have attended a couple of "guru" seminars and contacted a couple of mentors that would like you to invest 10k-...
Ken Steph
New investor - market suggestions? :)
Hi everyone!
I'm a new investor from Vancouver, BC just been listening to a lot of podcasts, read a few books, joined REIN etc to get a bit more educated. I'm ready to get started but since I'm not attached to any sp...