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Venting about Measure Y
I am the owner occupier of a triplex in Oakland. I would like to renovate one of my units, redoing the electrical (because it's painfully out of date), and redo the plumbing in that portion of the house before it beco...
Robert Steele
Gross income 3x rent too simplistic
I see this metric of gross income should be 3x or 4x rent and cannot see how this can possibly be useful other than a preliminary "should I even bother looking at this app".
I think a more useful metric would...
Eli M.
Appraisal is too low
Dear BP family,My appraisal came in lower than I expected.What is the best course of action now?For the future, can I ask the appraiser to send me the draft before he submits it to the bank?In case the new appraisal i...
Juan Difot
House is not selling, Advise Please!
Hi,
Hope you are all doing well. I am posting on this forum for advise on marketing / selling a current real estate deal.
My partner and I recently bought a fix and flip property in Dallas, TX. We purchased it as o...
Chris Chesser
Deeply discounted college degree
As I'm walking down the hallway at work to start another long shift for mediocre pay, I saw a post that my employer will cover up to 80% of tuition costs should I choose to go back to school. School has never been som...
Tim Phun
Interest Rates
Just wanted to see how fellow BPers feel about future interest rates? As all investments are linked to rates, I feel that rates in the future matters a great deal.
If an investment property is purchased today and th...
Paul Winka
How to avoid wasting time showing the house to buyers?
If I have a property under contract and I am marketing it (craigslist, REIAs, etc), what's the best way to handle all the requests to see the property on the inside? After all, it's not my house yet, and my seller wil...
Brandon P.
Moving back to America...Location?
Hello BP Forum,
This is my first post on here and I truly appreciate this amazing network of highly effective go-givers of time and energy. It's something that just blows me away.
Cut to the chase.
I will be mov...
Babek Sandhar
Bold Prediction: Real Estate Prices Drop 30-60% in Metro. Cities
As our stock market begins to recover, Covid-19 cases seem to be "slowing" down, and the economy seems to be through the worst of this pandemic, I am far from convinced this is even close to over. It seems we are seei...
Mike Petrosinelli
STR in Costa Rica Beaches
Does anyone own or has thought about owning STRs in Costa Rica beach towns? I'm sure covid had a huge impact on 2020 revenue but seems like it could be viable.