I'm going to look at a 10-plex tomorrow....the basics are it's 10 x 1-bedroom apartments, in a U-shape around garden entrances, with street parking.  Just over 5,000 sq feet.  Units are renting for $625 each.  Close t...

Hello fellow BP members, I am looking to use a turnkey company to help me rehab and manage property. I am full-time software engineer and investor. My job is 100% work from home and requires little interaction using p...

Hello everyone, I have a family friend that is about to go to college and is very interested in real estate investing and says that will be his future. He asked me what he should major in and I told him business admin...

I was wondering, how does the big box stores like The Home Depot or Lowes hire their "tech" people?I mean, if you work at the plumbing aisle and are giving out advice to DIYers aren't they suppose to have some clue on...

I need some advice estimating rehab cost!

I'm buying a duplex in an area that has appreciated quickly over the past 5 years. I had initially anticipated making repairs to the house then holding it as a rental, but am...

Hello, fellow investors and developers, my name is Jacques and I am a beginning real estate investor & developer focusing in Essex County NJ. As we all know, all real estate is local and my ultimate goal for this ...

I'm looking at a big lot in a good location with a garbage house that won't sell at a low price. The lot is R3 zoned (up to 4-plex) in a town with rock bottom 2 bed vacancy rates.If a guy like me wants to build a side...

Hello, I've recently purchased a fourplex in inglewood and am about to start demo on one of the units.  I've come to find that there is asbestos and lead in thsi unit so the cost of rehab has just gone up considerably...

I'm thinking myself around in circles, and hoping for the input of the BP community to settle me down. Feel free to skip down to the bottom if you just want to look at the numbers, but the numbers aren't what are real...