Ash Patel
Artist studios with Office tennants
Back in Feb '15 I purchased a beautiful 3 story brick office building. Quick Facts:Year built - 2007 - bank owned in 2009 - vacant for last 5 yearstotal sq ft - 10,000Build cost - $800kpurchase price - $230kReno cost ...
Renee K.
Inheritance Tax on a foreclosure
Hi from Pennsylvania!
I am looking at a home that is foreclosure and is set to sell at a Sheriff's auction. The title search returned that the property is encumbered at 145K. The owner, who is still on the deed/title...
Pyrrha Rivers
Credit Karma
Does anyone here on BP have personal experience with Credit Karma free credit reporting service?Thanks,Pyrrha
Lindsay Ash
Why should you not get into REI?
Hi there, I'm a newbie in the research phase. I'm considering this as a career change and trying to absorb as much as I possibly can while setting a deadline of March for buying a property.I love numbers, spreadsheet...
Robert Norvell
Rooming/Multi-Use Housing?
Does anyone have experience and/or a system in place for Rooming/Multi-Use Housing? It seems like a way to drastically increase rental income and not much extra work if done correctly. Im just wondering who's done ...
Joshua Herald
Getting My Partner (wife) Onboard
Tonight we passed on our first multi-family investment. The numbers look solid but after visiting the site, there are some obvious reasons why this wouldn't make a great "House Hacking" property. My wife is used to ou...
Dawon Irvin
Exploring the ABCs of Real Estate A Dictionary of Real Estate Terms
This post serves as a detailed reference point—a compendium of real estate knowledge that delves into the fundamental aspects of this dynamic field.
1031 Exchange: A tax-deferred exchange allowing the sale of one pro...
Andrew Holmes
Why Investors Fail? Part 1
This post will probably make a few if not a lot of folks mad but I figured why not mention realities of investing in real estate. My Opinion: Most investors over time will have marginal results at best when they inves...
Ilya V.
Multi-family deal seems too good, what should I be looking for?
Hi everyone,I am starting out in BP and real-estate investing in general. I am looking to get involved in my first property. I ran across the following posting and it seemed to me to be non-comparable to other sale pr...
Rav Ram
Partnering to purchase properties using conventional Fannie Mae Loans
Hello BP Readers,
I have been involved in the RE field now for 2.5 years. After purchasing 10+ out of state properties with all cash in the $50-100K range, i ran out of funds. I then obtained $500K LOC (Line of Credi...