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I'm considering buying an apartment, 2BR-4BR with 10% down, second home mortgage, in the 450K-550K range. Some stats:- We probably won't be able to find too many vacation renters in the off season. Season starts in Ju...
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I need some encouragement. After taking in many the forum posts, blogs, articles, advice, podcasts that this site has to offer in the last couple of weeks, I must say I am a bit intimidated by whether or not I’ll be s...
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Hey fellow suburban Illinois BPers -
Not sure if this has been sent/shared previously, but thought it'd be good to recap - Chicago Agent Magazine recently reported that suburban Chicago was ranked the second-hottest...
I have been thinking quite some time now to buy a rental property. I live in the bay area and prices are sky high to make this a realistic goal. I am fresh to my career so I do not have a ton of money to put down. I a...
I am getting pretty frustrated because every offer I have put on a property with the intention of renovating has not been accepted and when I find out how much it ended up going for my offer is always significantly lo...
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Any recommendations on what would make an offer more attractive in this competitive DC market? For example, I just "lost" a house because I used a credit union and a closing of 30 days (the winning offer used 3 weeks)...
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Hello Everyone! My name is Alyssa. I currently living in New York City but am originally from NJ and I still work in NJ. I have an architecture degree and have been working in the real estate development world for a ...
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Hey everybody!I've reached three rental properties, totaling six units. I have landlord insurance on all three, and require the tenants to have renters insurance. I operate them as a sole proprietor by the way.What do...
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Hi BP family! I have 2 rental properties so far but I feel it's time to buy a 2 to 4 unit property. Any new areas I should look at? Other investments are in Jacksonville FL but not many multi units available... Any ad...
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Hello BP family!
My name is Jesse, and I am a Keller Williams agent in Wilmington, NC. I have listened to the BP podcast for a couple of years now but am just becoming active on this site. Thankful to have this wealt...