Annie Levan
Starting my 90 day challenge! Please help me analyze this deal.
Hello, I am just getting started in real estate and am new to analyzing deals. I have not done a walk though of this property and put estimates up for the repair cost. If that the right approach or should I do the wal...
Bryan Hancock
Beating The $52k Solo K Limit For Investors With Multiple Businesses
I am writing about this on BP because I just found out about it and there are bound to be some tax wizards on here that know about about the game theory needed to navigate our ridiculous tax code. I stumbled upon thi...
Bryan Hancock
Why Do Investors Ignore Cash Sitting Idle In Their "Return" Calculations?
I have observed that investors consistently IGNORE the fact that their time sits idly in a bank account when they tout their "AROI" on their projects. This is quite puzzling to me and I was wondering why people do it...
Elliot B.
Submetering Heat with BTU/Flow/Energy Meters
Hey all,It's winter time and the oil is flowing. This gives me plenty of incentive to find a way to cut some of these heating expenses. Most of the time when the topic of submetering heat is brought up the consensus i...
Chad White
Investmenting funds from retirement account in flipping
Hi Everyone...I found out that one of my parents has substantial funds in a Money Market account that is part of his retirement portfolio. His accountant said he can invest it in ventures other than stocks, bonds, mu...
Jason Merchey
Fear of Failure - How Do You Deal?
It has taken me this long to get to Ken McElroy's seminal book, The ABCs of Real Estate Investing. I'm late to the party, I think! But as they say, slow and steady wins the race!Here is a good quote, taken from pp. 14...
Gary McKissick
Newbie trying to figure out deal analysis
Hey everyone,
I have spent the last year or so reading all the real estate material I can, continue reading and listening to the podcasts on here, but I'm trying to figure out my next move. Trying to invest i...
Jamie Montpellier
Seller financing - nuts and bolts please
Hi,I would like to know how a seller-financing deal works. I will for the sake of the matter indicate what I understand by using a fictious scenario.Property A : Purchase price : $75 000Can I offer the seller the do...
Emily Liu
Should I accept this tenant?
I have a townhouse for rent. The rent is $1300 per month. She has a credit score of 747, and has a yearly income of about $100k. But she also has “recency of a balance over limit on a bank card account”, “bankcard acc...
Vanessa Blais
Loan Mod, Pre-Foreclosure, Probate and Possible TItle Issues
Her'es the skinny: Step-mother and Step-Daughter bought the house, and got the mortgage together. A few years ago, set-daughter's name was removed from the deed, but remained on the mortgage.Step-mother had a few loan...