Jeffrey Holst
Happy Thanksgiving (What are you thankful for this year?)
Happy Thanksgiving BP community! I thought it might be fun to all share a little about what we are thankful for this year. Ill go first hopefully a few others would like to share as well.This year has been great, m...
Letitia Glenn
Tenant wants to paint house exterior in lieu of Security Deposit
Potential new tenant offered to paint house exterior instead of paying security deposit. Is this a good idea? Or should I require him to pay the deposit and maybe give a discount on monthly rent equal to amount of wor...
Mingze Wang
Young Investor From Boston in Quite a Pickle, Share Your Tips
Hello everyone, I been into real estate for the past 3 months. Seems like everyone here also like real estate, so I figured I'd ask for some tips.A little background - I work full time in tech field, but I ALWAYS had ...
Benjamin Haberman
Crazy neighbor next door that is scaring everyone away
So we just listed our latest “flip” and the neighbor is a total psycho. My landscaping crew was there and she claimed to be electrocuted by a Verizon cable line. She screamed at our septic guy. She screamed at our pro...
Eric James
What causes irrational exuberance?
With all the talk of bubbles, I was thinking to myself, What causes irrational exuberance in people when it comes to different forms of investing??
It always leads to some bust, and yet it happens over and over again...
Account Closed
Newbie thinking of investing out of state
what should one be looking for when researching a potential target area?
Brent M.
First Florida multifamily closed!
Well, after about a year of effort researching, networking and trying to find a deal, I closed last week on a 16 unit multifamily in Tallahassee. My previous experience is all in SFR rehabs, but at this point I can’t...
Troy Zsofka
Contractors vs. Employees
I've noticed from reading posts and listening to the podcast that a lot of investors these days seem to be using contractors for their rehabs. I understand that high-volume fix and flip investors might be better off d...
Ami Saunders
New(ish) Member from SF Bay Area (Peninsula)
Hi, my name is Ami Saunders and I've been an inactive member for a while now. I live near the San Francisco airport on the "Peninsula" which is basically Silicon Valley, the place with all that crazy venture capit...
Erik Sherburne
Duplex vs Fourplex same cash flow (which is better)
Assuming all things are equal (CoC return, etc.) is there any advantage in have four units vs two if the cash flow is the same? I like to consider time spent as so in this scenario I would spend less time on two uni...