Joe Butcher
3 X the rent on lower income?
I hear a lot of landlords on here talk about tenants needing to make 3x the rent to qualify. Is this rule still a reasonable expectation in lower income areas?
About the unit I'm renting: I think I can get 10...
Gregory Butterfield
Estimating Rehab Costs - What am I doing wrong?
Hey there BP, you guys are looking handsome as always! I am a hopeful real estate investor, attempting to use the BRRRR method, and I am having trouble calculating rehab costs. For example, while analyzing a proper...
David B.
Flipping better than holding for fast growth
Hi all,I just wanted to get your opinions on flipping to grow faster vs holding . This year I've really doubled down on investing and have about 7 rehabs I'm currently doing. Three of them are flips, while the others ...
Justin J.
Cat Urine odor, tenant (me) vs. landlord problem
So I viewed a two bedroom condo apartment in Massachusetts (near Acton/Boxborough) that was to be available for September 1st. There was one cat present that I could see, and it was confined mainly to one room. The ap...
Katrina Cabral
PM Problems in GA - Is there any recourse?
It seems that I've been fleeced by my new PM: They evicted my tenants, then they charged me a great deal of money to re re-hab the property. They charged me to have the place cleaned before it was listed, etc.. When t...
Denise Mayo-Walley
HELP! Water leak under floor - move tenant to hotel?
Hello BP community! One of my rentals in Houston, TX developed a water leak over the weekend. My handyman initially thought it was from the washing machine but it turns out that it is coming from under the floor. I'...
Ray Hurteau
Condo Conversion in Dorchester (Boston), MA
Hi All,We are wrapping up a 3-family condo conversion in Dorchester, MA (near JFK/UMass) and will be hosting an open house on Saturday, December 13 for anyone local who wants to see our work, network, etc. We will ha...
Sam Choi
Newbie from Silver Lake, Echo Park, Los Angeles, CA
Hello,My name is Sam Choi. I currently live in Walnut, CA near Diamond Bar. I would love to get into real estate. Currently, my dad has 1 4-unit property. So I would really like acquire some properties of my own. I wo...
Alec Jacobs
How can I be proactive when I'm buying a home?
I'm a newbie real estate investor and I'm in contract of buying my first rental property. I have turned in all the paperwork that they have requested and I have gone through my inspections and I was wondering what ste...
Bryce Witcher
I Need WordPress Website Advice
I need help and advice... I would like to build (for my own thought-leadership platform) a WordPress site from scratch. I’m pretty sure I can do it myself, but I want to know which theme templates have the most to off...