Rob Jones
PM Company Making me Pay the Utility Bill
Hello BP,I'm in a situation that I'd like to hear from other owners on. The PM company I use placed a tenant in one of my properties with a lease start date of May 1st, 2019. The PM company told me everything checke...
Sherry Lewis
Feeling the pain of my first purchase
Ok all, I got the photos back on my Toledo property purchase and my heart sank. I now know for sure my move wasn't gutsy it was stupid with a capital S. What really bites me is that I believe the investor who sold m...
William C.
Do you low ball, or make sure you secure the deal?
This is in terms of buy and hold, or BRRRR....But when submitting an offer on a property that is priced well, let say exactly what it’s worth, $100k. You run all your numbers, conservatively, and at $100k, plus renov...
Brad Larsen
What To Do When Landlords Refuse to Lower Their Asking Price
Hello All - here is a good topic for discussion. In our business as a property management company, we have decided to take a hard look at a new policy of what to do with Landlords who refuse to lower the rental askin...
Matthew Wiltse
Best Ways to Invest in RE When Living in NYC
Hi BP community!I am a 24 year old living and working in NYC. This past winter (Feb 2017) I got the Real Estate bug by stumbling upon Clayton Morris's podcast. I listened to episodes 1-100 in a matter of months. I ...
Jay S.
Post an example of your creative financing deal you've done
I would like to read an example of some of you guy's creative financing deal structuring you've put together with no &/or little of your own money down. I'm posting this forum to get a better understanding of how ...
Carlos Ptriawan
What would happen to fixed-rate MF but market cap went 200bps ?
Hi I have question that I can't decipher, lets say there're similar asset class type of MF in one zip code. All of them purchase at cap 3.5 ; all making same rent same gross income. The difference is , the 4 of them u...
Evan Parker
BEWARE of Scamming/Misleading People
Something that I've noticed, that really frustrated me, are the snake oil salesman in real estate investing. If i can help anyone avoid being lied to by fake individuals I will. I am an investor in the Indiana area, b...
Tareq Salaita
The bubble is bursting and we're still investing
In my humble opinion, the bubble has started to burst and many of us including myself are still in denial. The national median home value is now $217,300, an increase of 8.3% on the year and 8.4% above the bubble-era...
Phillip S.
GC says "You're a waste of my time"
Needless to say I'm not having beginner's luck when it comes to connecting with a general contractor. I have attempted to contact 3 different GCs thus far and only heard back from one. The one that responded pretty ...