David Pittman
Becoming a Mortgage lender
Good afternoon BP Community!I am a partner in a General Contracting business building new Custom and Production homes. We are in a small town outside of Houston that is one of the fastest growing areas in the greater ...
Gautam Venkatesan
Notes, Interest Income, Yield - please help my math challenged brain!
I read a lot of posts on BP recommending investing in notes with your retirement funds. I see double digit returns (10-15%) being quoted as common for note investments done correctly. But when I do some simple math...
Steve Boss
Has anyone used a lower cost 1031 exchange intermediary?
I've been happy with the service of the 1031 exchange intermediary I've used in the past. I recently contacted them about doing another simple 1 to 1 exchange and the fee is about $1,000.Now I see there are companies ...
Kevin Wattenbarger
Entity Structure- 2nd Real Estate Brokerage Company
What do you think is the best way to structure a second real estate brokerage company? Background: I have a Florida real estate brokerage company (an LLC that has elected to be taxed as an S-corp) that is 100% commer...
Chris Allen
Preparing For Children's Future
So I am about to become a new Dad! My wife and I have a baby boy due end of June 2022 and I am wanting to get some advice as a new parent as to what are some of the ways that you all have prepared for your kids future...
Christopher Benjamin
STR / airbnb property spreadsheet
Hello-Does anyone have a deal analysis spreadsheet for potential STR/vacation rentals that they would be willing to share? I began to create one but figured I need not recreate the wheel if someone else has already do...
Dhruv Patel
Ohio markets not really cash flowing! Am I missing something?
Hello, I'm new to investing out-of-state. I live in PA (northeast of Philadelphia) and was looking to invest in Ohio markets due to their lower prices and appreciation. I connected with an agent and analyzed lots of d...
Jason Hutcheson
12 Lessons from My First 12 Months
We finally did it! A year ago, my brother and I formed a partnership and jumped in to the business of rental properties. With just over 12 months experience under our belt and an initial investment of $20,000, we ha...
Joseph Beilke
Tenant Proof Duplex Build
Okay BP, lets hear some ideas from everyone on how to tenant proof your property. I am working with builder right now to build a new duplex. The investor and I are going through the build sheet and cherry picking th...
Jeremy M.
Discussion: Incentivizing property mgmt contracts - what works?
Does anyone care to share some ideas on incentivizing my contract with a property manager. I am admittedly fairly uneducated in dealing with PM's but from what I've picked up, it almost seems like they get paid more/b...