Daniel Ortiz
Reserves - How much cushion do you need?
Hi All, My goal is to purchase a multi family rental in 2018 and house hack it. I'm curious to know how much you all budgeted for reserves when you purchased your first deal? Would you take your 401k into consideratio...
Ali Boone
Calling all of the Female Investors Out There!
Hey everyone! It seems like maybe a post for this was done a few years ago, but the site has grown tremendously so I assume it can't hurt to do an updated one. I just read a forum post where a female investor mentione...
Arwin Nassiri
Investing in Tulum?
Hi all, newbie here with a few questions regarding investing in STRs in Tulum. I’ve been evaluating a few different recommended markets for STRs (Florida panhandle, Smoky Mountains etc) and I’ve found that from a numb...
Vladimir Gonzalez
Is illegal to pay referral fees to non realtors?
I post a ad on Facebook offering a $500 referral fee for anyone who can give and address of a crappy, ugly house. It's that illegal?
William Wong
Reference for Turnkey companies: Elite Invest, Memphis Invest
Hello everyone, I am evaluating my options and currently thinking that Turnkey investing in the United States may be my best option. It is very difficult to attain the 1% rule while investing in Southern Ontario and t...
Scott Passman
Trusting "deals" as out of state investor
As a new investor looking to invest out of state, I'm finding it very difficult to know when a deal is actually a deal. I have spent a lot of time tracking the MLS, Zillow, redfin etc. and reading up on the varying ne...
Seth Reichard
New Member from Gaylord, Michigan
Hi all!As the subject stated above, I'm a new member from Northern Michigan who is incredibly new to real estate investing. I'm (as of this posting) 26 years old and teach junior high and high school mathematics. Give...
Michael King
Calling all Aussies!
There are a few of us Aussies here on BP, and I'm interested in hearing from those that are doing the long distance investing thing - like not just out of state, but across the ocean and investing in the USA. Anyone c...
Kristin Horowitz
Cautiously Optimistic in San Luis Obispo, CA
Hi guys,
I suppose it's time to post here. I've been listening to the podcast and reading the forums and articles for a few months. I got started thinking about real estate investing a few months ago beca...
Melissa Kirchhoff
Airbnb Occupancy Rate?
I'm trying to work some numbers on a potential purchase. Now I realize this will be very specific to the location/property/price/marketing/etc but what would be an occupancy number you'd put on an Airbnb type rental? ...