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Matthew Mucker Where does the 50% rule come from?
1 May 2021 | 300 replies

I know the "50% rule" is bandied about as gospel here in the forums, but haven't seen any actual, hard data that says that operating expenses tend to be ~50% of gross rent income. I'd like to verify this number is, in...

Shane Pearlman Cashflow Doesn't Build Wealth?
5 September 2014 | 245 replies

While cashflow is key to keep the property safely under control, I seem to find that the larger returns for our portfolio to date come from strategic growth of equity. My wife and I are still fairly small in our inves...

Marcus Auerbach Thank God I had an LLC!! - Said no one ever!?
19 January 2024 | 140 replies

In 15 years in the biz I have not met someone who got sued and was saved by having an LLC. Every new investor gets hung up on asset protection and there is an entire industry catering to asset protection. There must b...

David Maldonado California ADU business
13 June 2023 | 182 replies

What's up guys,I just finished building a permitted ADU (accessory dwelling unit) on my sfh. Converted my garage into a 488 sq ft 1cbed 1 bath apartment. final cost with permits was about 37k. I built most of it with ...

Kevin S. What to do with $1,000,000.00?
1 March 2024 | 140 replies

I wonder what do someone approaching retirement do with $1,000,000.00?  Buy a single property with cash and have about $65,000/yr in cash flow or use it for DP on a $4,000,000.00 property?  Would the cash flow be the ...

David J. Unfair madness! Landlords getting hosed.
24 August 2022 | 166 replies

Some Perspective... 0.15%
That's the percent of American people who have Covid-19 at the time of this writing.  NOT even 1% of the total population.
Suppose the disease were to quadruple before this is over, that w...

Philip Hy Are buy and hold's really making money? Big picture question
21 May 2017 | 148 replies

I'm wondering if we're really making money. Not a rhetorical question, but would like genuine feedback. Here's the scenario. I want to live off of cash flow so I buy a lot of SFR. I then currently make about 550 cash ...

Robert C. What makes you a heavy hitter on BP?
1 May 2020 | 140 replies

Ok, let me say I'm really asking because I'm bored today with sheltering in place! But I've been for some reason seeing the phrase "heavy hitters" popping up more than I remember on BP, referring to a particular group...

Jorge Vazquez Why do I hate rentals!
18 October 2021 | 107 replies

After selling rental properties to investors for 20 years, the common denominator why people hate rentals is because they don't like managing the rentals. I always tell investors to spend their time educating, improvi...

Johnny L. Every Contractor Is Treating Me As A Client And Not As Developer
1 March 2021 | 113 replies

I'm currently trying to build my first infill spec home. I have most of my soft costs figured out and have a piece of land I'm ready to go under contract on and have vetted. I now need an estimate on the cost of what ...