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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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Okay here it is 7 months in the making thanks to @K. Marie Poe @Bill G @Chris ClothierSo this post took me a grand total of 7 months to write.Purchase price $174, 000Hard Money loan $200,000Original Rehab budget $40k....
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Do most properties you buy cash flow positive? What percentage of properties that you purchase will cash flow positive when rented out? 95%, 90%, 80% or less? What is the risk of buying a property that does not cash f...
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Currently live in San Francisco and would like to purchase rental properties in other cities. I have looked into a few cities denton tx, kansas city, and columbus oh. Does anyone recommend a city to get started?
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I bought a quadplex in a city a couple of hours away and hired a property management company. There was one vacancy when I closed on Dec. 1st. I wanted some repairs and updates done before it was rented (update electr...
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Wow, wow, wow, wow
I went over to Zillow and posted a little advice in there consumer question/ advice area, and BAM.....I was brutally attacked from all sides!!!
Those folks are gloom & doom to the nth power!!!...
This will be a bit unorthodox compared to a number of the other posts I have seen on BP. I have personally been investing in real estate sporadically over the last 5 years with a small amount of success (about 10 doo...
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Hey everyone, I've been a lurker on bigger pockets for probably about a month and thought I would finally introduce myself and maybe ask a few questions. I am loving everything bigger pockets and the community has to ...
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Investment Info:
Large multi-family (5+ units) buy & hold investment in National City.
Purchase price: $5,700,000
Cash invested: $2,000,000
29 unit apartment building with one unpermitted unit. C...
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So here it is. I get asked this question a lot. Not sure why, but people from someplace else assume I know a little bit about Cleveland, and Cleveland Real Estate, and Cleveland Neighborhoods. I often tell people fro...