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Curious to hear what the BP community thinks about some of the top upgrades for buy-and-hold rental property. We own a property management and real estate brokerage firm in Denver, Colorado that serves real estate inv...
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Hi everyone
I'm not a new member, it's been a while since I registered, longtime lurker here. It's my first post here though.
Anyway let me get into the details.
I'm a real estate investor...
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Investment Info:
Small multi-family (2-4 units) buy & hold investment in Joliet.
Purchase price: $245,000
Cash invested: $11,485
As a first time homebuyer, first time investor, my first deal was ...
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Hi Everyone!
Background:
- Investor for 3 years (multifamily and sfr flips)
- unlicensed (nor do have any desire)
- San Diego, CA Market
Quick question for you, have you ever FSBO? If so, how’d it go? Did you offe...
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So I have a Duplex in Columbus, OH (Weinland Park) that was recently renovated and I found a property manager that was highly recommend by my Realtor Brokerage. Once the first side of the duplex was complete they foun...
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There are certainly legitimate reasons to sit out the current multifamily market:1. Economic uncertainty with the possibility of recession2. Increasing interest rates3. Negative leverage due to cap rates lower the deb...
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HELOC or Cash out Refi? This may be a dumb question, but just wondering which one is better to use? Which one is a cheaper way to do it, or are they basically the same thing?I currently owe $176k on my primary resid...
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I've had several complaints from neighbors about one of my rentals in GA, which has a Section 8 tenant. The tenants pay rent on time and treat the property at the minimum acceptable level. They punched a hole in a d...
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So I'm working on a lead right now and the house has a really weird layout.It's considered a two story house with 3 bedrooms. But it seems like it would be more accurately described as a one story house with one bed...
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I've read the conspiracy theories about GLD's gold bars missing from the vault, tungsten filled gold bars, and the fact that GLD will not redeem for physical gold. Most of this seems to be rumor, except for the last o...