James Elden
Getting started in investing if you expect a housing crash?
I'm not claiming to know the future or to be certain of anything but I have followed the stock / bond markets for a while and believe that yields will continue to rise and that this could lead to a housing crash, I re...
Chetan Naik
Highest and best use analysis
Hi everyone, I recently purchased a commercial land that allows for multiple uses. My question is, who is the person who does the "highest and best use analysis" - ?Realtor ? Architect? Appraiser? Your guidance is app...
Shanna Cox
Is it a good idea to buy property in another state?
I decided to look around at adjoining states to see if there were properties for sale within my price range. I have found some good looking properties and will run the numbers but before that I am curious if it even m...
Victor So
Fix and Live Properties - Does the strategy change?
Hello BP Community! My wife and I want to buy a condo this year in Chicago where we plan to fix it up, live in it for a couple of years, and then rent it out. We found a place in a high rise building, facing Lake Mich...
Joshua Merchant
HELOC vs. Cash-out Refinance...or both
My wife and I have just started our real estate journey and, after months of looking, closed on our first property in upstate NY in December. We're 90% through renovations which bring the house from $88k to $135k (bas...
Haneen Abdalhadi
Selling my house or renting it out
Hey everyone,
We bought a house for 350k and currently our monthly payment is 2200$, we want to either sell the house and buy to rental properties or rent out our own house and use a cheaper apartment to live in. Whi...
Greg Scott
This is why I like properties with positive cashflow...
I've seen a lot of people on BP saying they want high appreciation markets. Some of them will tell you to not worry if you have negative cash flow because after the property appreciates and rents go up, you end up ma...
Brandon Palmer
Is now the time to buy commercial space?
I see tons of for-rent / for sale signs on commercial office space around my general area. What are folks thinking in general about buying now?Half of me says "there is a reason no one is renting and buying would lea...
Sam Booth
Any small towns in CA that cashflow?
Currently out of state but wanting to diversify and get something semi local. Prices are falling a bit lately.I am thinking Redding, Red Bluff, Oreville, Any small towns that are more affordable. I have been told to s...
Andrew Boyer-Kern
First Short Term Rental
Investment Info:
Single-family residence buy & hold investment.
Purchase price: $1,457,250
Cash invested: $387,500
Turned the property into a short term rental and used the STR loophole to offset...