David Olson
Out of state investing = paralysis by analysis
Hello BP,My Question: Which cities are prime for cash flowing 1-4 unit properties and what metrics specifically do you use and from what site? Census Bureau? REIT reports? etc. Anyways, I'm working on selecting 2 cit...
Mark Duhamel
Loan Doctor HCF High Yield CD
Hello all,I have been looking at this new CD for a few months now. My research says it’s legitimate, can’t find anything saying otherwise online. Anyone using this? A 1 month CD returning 6% seems too good to be true ...
Terry Lao
Seattle, San Jose, or Las Vegas - Hottest 3 markets
The 3 hottest real estate markets are #1 Seattle (median SFR $830k), #2 Las Vegas (median SFR $295k, and #3 San Jose (median SFR $1.1M). Based upon the percentage (%) gained year over year. The rankings can flip flop ...
Timothy W.
Children are getting strip searched at the airport
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSQTz1bccL4
Liberals and Democrats, your people have been in charge of every branch but the Judiciary for 2 years now. This was not going on during Bush. If I were you I would be maki...
Ryan Swigart
Has anyone had their realtor urge them to use their lender?
I am relocating so I have a new realtor I have never used in the past. She has been very good so far. However, when I told her I wanted to submit the first offer, she called me and strongly urged me to use a local len...
Tasha Barnes
Out of State Investing - Please share the good, the bad, the ugly
Hello BP Family, I'm in Charlotte and the home prices have sky-rocketed so I'm contemplating purchasing investment prop. in my hometown (Buffalo, NY), Detroit, Michigan or Toledo Ohio. I don't have have a ton of exper...
Spencer Clark
Will Housing be "the Biggest Business Story of the next 5 Years"?
The Washington Post published an article from an outside contributor (and investor), Conor Sen, claiming that while software was the biggest business story of the last five years, housing will rule the next five years...
Cody Gebhart
$15/Hour Illinois minimum wage
Illinois is enacting a statewide minimum wage of $15 per hour by 2025. Have any experienced landlords had this happen in their state or city and what have been the effect on rents? Drastic increases or gradual incr...
Jason Sylka
Hello Everyone - Im New Around Here
Hello everyone, my name is Jason and although I have been a lurker on on this site for a few months I just recently made the commitment to take this rabbit hole of real estate investing and all that encompasses it ser...
Graham Dersley
turnkey vs. putting together my own team (new investor)
Just listened to the recent BP podcast about out of state investing (prices are too high in my area for good cash flow). David Greene talked about finding a real estate agent, contractor, property manager etc in a t...