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Hello BP,How do you choose your next investment property from a buy & hold stand point? My first couple of properties I got "lucky" because the market was at it's bottom and it was easy to find a renter to slide r...
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While I am a real estate investor, my question/issue has nothing to do with my investment properties. We own a house in Seattle with a shared driveway (warning: never do this!). While not ideal, the shared driveway wa...
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Naturally, real estate is a risk when it comes to flipping, renting, STR's, whatever. Minor risk, but investing is a risk. That being said, there are a lot of drawbacks when people are looking to get started. Me perso...
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Hello everyone, I was hoping to get some advice on ways to finance my first rental property. I have little credit built up, so I am wondering how I can get a loan from the bank or a third party lender. I have 50k in e...
Hi,I'm looking for a referral for a small architect / interior designer to use on fix and flips. I'm horrible at picking colors and I know I need help here.Ideally this is a small, one, two or three person, shop that...
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My dad recently approached me that he would like to take the lump sum amount for his retirement and roll it over into a self-directed IRA. I have done real estate deals before, and he wants me to hook him up with some...
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I'm curious if anyone has used this as an early screening tool to evaluate neighborhoods.Zillow allows you to search an area and map out the ratings of the schools in the area. Seems like it might be a good tool to ev...
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HiI have listed my first rental on Zillow and Cozy. My views on Zillow has dropped from 200 per day to about 35 in about a week. I have shared the link here: Listing on Zillowis there a anything I need to do to attrac...
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I have a rental property in north Las Vegas with a horrible HOA. I have great renters who try to follow all the crazy rules that the hoa has made up.
I was recently away for 6 months and did not know I was being pena...
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We are under contract on a 4 plex...the CoC is 9% (taking into account vacancy, HOA, cap ex/maintenance ect). We are ok with a sightly lower CoC because the property is only 2 years old so wouldn’t have to worry about...