J. Martin
How Close to the Top? - SF Bay Area Housing Affordability Analysis - (w/ Charts & Graphs!) by me
Executive Summary:Because of the real estate I own, and prospective potential purchases, I wanted to know more about where we are in the real estate cycle in the SF Bay Area. Inspired by great students and researchers...
Logan Allec
Where and how to invest?
What to do? I know nothing. I don't even know my strategy. I'm looking for wisdom, stream of consciousness, whatever--any suggestions that wouldn't require me to step away from my current employment. I have a grow...
Clint Harris
I'm selling my long term rentals and buying beach property
Long post, but I really wish someone had told me this when I was struggling to buy single family homes.Hey y'all, wanted to share what I’ve learned in the past year. I took a promotion with my medical sales job, and ...
Cal C.
Ramsey or Kiyosaki doesn't matter! Getting rid of "bad" debt is important!
I strongly believe whether or not you use debt or don't use debt to buy real estate, it is important to pay off debt that is not related to your RE investments. All of that interest your paying is money that could b...
Payton Reid
Should you buy a rental property with cash?
I just purchased my primary residence in a new city with cash ($350k) and have another $250k sitting in cash.Should I buy our first rental unit(s) with cash (after reserving 6-8 months living expenses)? As context, we...
Brian Burke
Best markets to buy multifamily in 2016: A round-table discussion
At the beginning of each year I take the time to research and reflect on various markets throughout the country so as to provide a road map to my acquisition search for the year. As an active buyer of apartment compl...
Brian Burke
Syndication Investing During a Recession
Investing in real estate during a recession makes many people feel like a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs. For others, it’s an exciting opportunity.
In my 30 years of real estate investing, I’ve see...
Account Closed
The $30k rental club.......
Im sure many of us have read all the warnings and reviews of buying low price properties, and the problems typically associated with them, but all that considered, it is what first attracts a lot of people , indeed th...
Philip Hy
Are buy and hold's really making money? Big picture question
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 ...
Robin Searle
Movement to ban STR's
I've been trying to follow what is happening on the STR front nationwide and would love to hear from BP members about what's happening in your particular city/location as far as restrictions? When we bought our prope...