Todd Jones
Request Feedback: Fine tuning my Analysis skills
I’ve analyzed countless homes for various goals and helped friends/family perform walkthroughs and provided detailed feedback for 20 years. I initially learned from my parents and then by walking with appraisers but w...
Ryan McKean
Does it cash-flow in Tucson?
Hello, everyone! First off, thank you for reading and taking the time to educate. I am considering purchasing a single-family home off of Speedway and Arcadia and am having a difficult time finding rental info about t...
Stefan D.
Pittsburgh - Estimating Rental Property Repairs
How much do yinz budget for repairs and capex for single family rentals from the early 1900's in the Pittsburgh area? Rules of thumb such as 5% of gross rent for repairs, and 5-7% for capex seem optimistically low fo...
Harshavardhan Challa
Insurance for Fire accident - rebuild
Hi, One of my townhome rental in Hampton, VA recently encountered a fire accident and unfortunately resulted in a total loss. The insurance adjusted (IA) mentioned, it will have to be re-constructed along with adjacen...
Brian Jurvelin
Would you start a new self-directed IRA to hold long term real estate investments?
I came across this BP forum post from a few years back discussing the merits of cashing out a 401k to invest in real estate. http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/49/topics/7460... There was some good discussion but the...
Matthew Newcomer
Existing Leases in an Apartment Building
Hey BP community. I'm doing my due diligence on a 9-unit building in Baltimore, MD and one of the items we asked for from the listing agent is the current leases for the tenants living in the building today. He repl...
Brianne Dylla
Partnership - Apartment Complex
Hello - Mu husband and I have a friend who has offered us an opportunity to buy into an apartment complex deal. This project would be a new build. Our friend has several multi-family and other commercial real estate p...
Jonathan Lubenko
New land development project
Hello BP community, I have a few questions that I'm looking for advice on. I own a nice five acre plot in the city where I live in Northern California. I would like to develop the property with the main objective of p...
Rob Carmody
Recommend Solar Panels for Rental Property?
I am no expert when it comes to solar, but I have seen some retailers advertising 0% down payment and low (0.49%) interest rates for solar panel installation in the area. When I think about both the appraisal + utilit...
Joseph B.
Buying a Section8 property
Considering buying a Section 8 - multi-family property, mostly 1b/1b and some studios. Im looking for information on how can I best predict the monthly rent for the section 8 units. Thank you