Hi Everybody. I’m currently new to the investor world and looking to eventually house hack when i can save up a down payment for the fha loan for a multi family 2/3/4 unit in the Newark area. I don’t know many people ...

Investing in lower income neighborhoods is my niche. I was born and raised in the hood so I'm comfortable with these areas. Yes, the crime rate is higher than other areas, the schools are not as funded, and there are ...

Hi everyone, we're finally closing on our first property in a couple of days. And the fixed term lease for one unit is expiring in two weeks. There are two individuals living in the unit and one is the seller's son. O...

(ARV x 65%) - Repair Costs = Maximum Allowable Offer. What do you do if the math makes the MAO so ridiculously low that the previously "motivated" seller becomes not so motivated? Example: ARV $162,000 X 65% = $105,...

I have a SFR with 2 units. There is only 1 meter for utilities at this property so utilities are included in the monthly rent. I have verbiage in the signed lease as follows:

Utilities – Reasonable utilities are in...

I'm getting ready to jump into the multifamily game and have been doing my homework for the past few months.  It seems that many/most multifamily properties are (maybe deliberately) over priced.  I see duplexes/tri/qu...

Anyone have any suggestions on how to estimate upcoming capex costs for bank owned properties, or properties where the seller doesn't know how old the roof is? (or other items where there's no sticker saying when an i...

Sorry, I cannot past a link properly, but according to

http://www.clearcapital.com/company/MarketReport.cfm?month=January&year=2012

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...

I have heard that it’s possible to set up a self directed 401K or IRA that you can use to invest in your own real estate tax free. I am wondering if anyone has done this? It seems too good to be true. Each week I set ...