I see a lot of stories about how rehab typically takes a lot longer and is more costly than people anticipated. I work for a very large contractor (commercial restoration and strengthening) and wanted to share some th...

Happy New Year everyone!! I know I am a bit late, but I wanted to share the highlights of 2021.
I started my Real Estate journey late 2019, a friend of mine encouraged me to get into Real Estate and I spent the rest ...

Hello BP, I'm new to real estate investing and was hoping to get some clarification on the BRRRR method, specifically the Refinance part. I'm assuming we are talking about a cash out refinance correct? What is the mos...

I have read on it and i still don't think i grasp it. I read a story where someone had a 300k house that went up to 400k in value. they then pulled out the 100k extra and used it get another house. they mentioned t...

Hi Everyone.  I've been actively investing in single family residential properties for about five years.  I've bought long term rentals and short term rentals.  I've bought a freshly renovated property and I've bought...

I modified a house with a walk out basement from Single Family into 2 units. My plan is to live in the smaller downstairs unit. I finished the upstairs renovations and now have renters in it, but the down stairs is no...

Background: I'm new to private money as an investor and want to make sure I understand the mechanics so I can build reliable models. Here's an example deal:I purchase a property for $235,000 and expect $50,000 in repa...

We are looking at building a model where we refinance to pull cash out and return capital to LPs. Typically cash out from a refinance is not taxable but does it become taxable if excess is given to LPs beyond their in...

Just wondering how a potential lender would account for improvements done to an investment property. Do they count them against income for the year just like repair expenses, do they not consider them at all, or mayb...

I am starting to put together my processes for deal analysis.I am using the REI spreadsheet that @Joshua Dorkin provided in the following post, but I think that I need a more to the point calculation to rule out prope...