Aaron T.
What percent are you using for maintenance, vacancy, PM, etc???
I am using the BP rental calc to evaluate properties for potential rental performance. What numbers is everyone using for their expenses?I am using:Vacancy- 6%-8% this gives me one months rent at 8% or just enough to ...
Monique Rene Coates
What Would YOU DO had POF but no DOWN ?
If you had POF for up to $500k but NO down payment funding from any sources = IRA, Family, Bank Loans, Credit or Income . . . What would YOU DO to purchase a BUY & HOLD commercial 10 - 12 unit investment property ...
Will Russell
How to purchase a property with actual, physical, CASH
I am ready to purchase a condo that I am going to renovate and then flip. The seller is insisting that I pay them in actual, physical, cash.
Is this something that can be done? If so, how?
Thanks in a...
Erik Haugen
Ethical dilemma around kicking tenants out
I bought a 8-unit apartment building; the value add is that rents are 20% below market value. My strategy was to buy, let the tenants go, rehab, and raise the rents. We gave notice to all the tenants (who are month-to...
Greg R.
Housing crash deniers ???
Unfortunately I've been away for a few months while taking care of some personal matters, so I haven't been able to keep up on discussions.
However, several months ago there were ample amount of folks here insisting...
Bill Plymouth
What's with the animosity towards whole-salers?
Perhaps I'm generalizing, but I see some heavy hostility towards the idea of whole-saling in the forums. Why do a lot of members seem to be so against wholesale? I've seen "unethical" and "shady" thrown around a lot...
Robert Lenfestey
Cozy.co reviews
Hi, I've been looking into automated ways to accept checks. Brandon Turner mentioned Dwolla on a recent podcast. I've also looked at buildium. Another user mentioned cozy.co which seems ideal. It's free and includes...
Dion DePaoli
Loan Investing....do you even workout, bro?
A humorous tag line but a series topic. (grab a soda, this will take moment)One of the things that I like most about BP is the ability to come here and talk at varying depths about something that I am extremely passi...
Ben Leybovich
Are You Depressed?
Real Estate is so freaking boring… and yet that’s all we talk about. Why – is it because this is all we are interested in?How about the meaning of life – would you engage in a conversation about the meaning of life? H...
Jesse Smith
Agent Struggles - Friends Using Other Agents - Advice?
Good morning all. The last few months have been rather frustrating, and I'm hoping to get some advice from others who may have had similar experiences.
I got my RE Agent License almost a year ago. Very quickly, I...