John Solotarow
Best way to invest with my 401K for Investment Property?
I am 64 years old, working and am saving 401K offered my my employer. I'm planning to retire in one year but instead of depending on my 401K as my sole retirement fund, I wanted to buy a rental property to supplement ...
Nicholas Bailey
50% Rule/ 2% Rule in expensive areas -> is my reasoning correct?
I'm looking at properties in Chicago and these rules of thumb are basically impossible. I've been listening to the podcasts and reading about the deals, and the numbers are always for these cheap areas, whereas I'm l...
Anand S.
How many of you are building your own websites
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/06/airbnb-hosts-are-building-their-own-direct-booking-websites-in-revolt.htmlWe're working on one but don't expect it to outperform ABB or HA. We're doing it more for local bookings and as...
Kenton C.
Avg cost to make unit rent ready?
Hi All,I am curious as to the average cost you guys will spend to make a unit rent ready, assuming normal wear and tear? I am nearing my first tenants lease, and have been speaking to my property management about the ...
Alazar Wubet
How was your first flip like?
If you guys remember how your first flip was like, did you run into any surprises? was there anything you wished you knew earlier? what was the biggest lesson? I am starting out myself and i am hoping to know what to ...
Aspen P.
Tenant Improvements Without Authorization
We have tenants that have signed a four-year lease. They've been somewhat high maintenance so far, with 1-2 maintenance requests every month since they moved in three months ago, but so far they have been reasonable ...
David Korchak
One Year after joining the BP as a PRO member
Hi BP Community
Today I got my annual BP membership renewal notice and I realized it's been a year since I joined BP and purchased PRO package (I pretty much bought it immediately, maybe a week after). I just wanted ...
Dong Yan
shall I keep section 8 tenant?
I am planning to make an offer for a duplex, one is vacant and another has long time section 8 tenant. The seller doesn't want to vacant them and we can only vacant them after we bought the property according to the s...
Jeff Melby
Should I sell our only rental and start over?
New member and new investor here!We moved from CO to FL last year and are currently renting our CO home. It’s currently in it’s 2nd 1 year lease. It’s in a great market for renting and real estateWe have a significant...
Samantha Chang
Should I sell or keep my 2nd home in San Pedro, CA
I bought a house in Point Fermin, San Pedro, CA two years ago as my 2nd home. It's a SFR and around 2500 sf. Now I don't need it anymore. Should I sell or Keep it? If I keep it, should I do long-term rental or airbnb?...