Alex Staats
Attempting to buy our Dream Home
Hello ! My Fiancé and I are wanting to buy our dream home. I was approved for 180k & want to offer on an 125k property , but they wrote “cash only” on the Zillow listing. I am working on trying to speak to the lis...
Matthew Mucker
Where does the 50% rule come from?
I know the "50% rule" is bandied about as gospel here in the forums, but haven't seen any actual, hard data that says that operating expenses tend to be ~50% of gross rent income. I'd like to verify this number is, in...
Shane Pearlman
Cashflow Doesn't Build Wealth?
While cashflow is key to keep the property safely under control, I seem to find that the larger returns for our portfolio to date come from strategic growth of equity. My wife and I are still fairly small in our inves...
Ryan Mills
[Calc Review] Help me analyze this deal. Am I doing this right?
Hey everyone, I have been analyzing deals like crazy and I just cant seem to make the numbers work. Either the deal is not a deal, or I am doing something working. Can you all look at this report and lend me your expe...
Robert Chaiton
Renting out to Section 8 HUD Tenants
Hey everyone, I have a few questions about an investment opportunity I am looking into. The specs are: it’s a 2-family property: 1 unit is a 2 bed 1 bath and the other unit is a 3 bed 1 bath. HUD is 2700 for a 2 bedro...
Anthony Lee
How do i pull Title?
Hello Guy's I'm interested in buying a property, the owner responded from one of my Direct mail Letters. Do i have to pay to have a title search or can i go to the county clerks office to run title and search the deed?
Anton Ivanov
How I built a portfolio of 35 rentals and $10k+ monthly cash flow
Hey Everyone!BiggerPockets has been invaluable to my success as a real estate investor, so I just wanted to share what's possible with real estate if you set goals and follow through with your plan.A Little BackstoryI...
Mustafa Shaikh
RAD Diversified Review — It Wasn't Pretty
I read about RAD through BP and I wanted to leave my review of them for other to be better informed before investing with them. Their salesman (Gregg Poirier) was very easy to get in contact when I was considering inv...
Kevin Lefeuvre
What will be the impact of the Coronavirus crisis on real estate?
How will the actual crisis impact the real estate market in your opinion?
The fact is that , justified or not, the crisis has already hit many businesses including hospitality & tourism, transportation, financial...
Brie Schmidt
HELOC payoff strategy
Twice recently people have told me of this new strategy to use a HELOC to pay off your mortgage faster. You essentially take out a HELOC to pay off your first lien, and then use that account to direct deposit your pa...