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First Buy: SFH House Hack in Hot Market vs Out of State SFH/MFH
Hey BP,I’m new to the RE world, and have had a blast bridging my learning curve over the last year. My girlfriend and I are talking about getting married and then beginning our first real estate investment. For contex...
Victor B.
Impromptu Phoenix Visit
Hello BP,
The opportunity presented itself and I decided to make the drive to Phoenix to prospect investment properties. Given that it was a last minute trip I have not set up a meting with an agent. I'm going to be ...
Charles Fella
Living in N.Y., investing in Chicago. Where do I find a good property manager?
I am new investor from NY where properties are way too expensive. I am now looking to buy properties in Chicago. I have been researching online about property managers in the area. I can't seem to find one that doesn'...
Tracey Leung
Turnkey Investment Advice
I am looking for any advise you have for turnkey investment. After you identified the city or state to invest, do you plan a trip to visit the cities and meet with your turnkey providers? Or do you wait until the rent...
William Hamburg
Buying Property in Belize
Hello BP friends, I am headed down to Belize next week and I wanted to get some advice from anyone who has owned, or has looked into owning property in Belize. I travel to Belize often as I have a business there and I...
Ben Kevan
Rental Penetration in Remote Locations
This question is targeted to those landloards and investors that handle properties that are remote from them (ie several states away).
How do you guys manage them? Do you ever see the house prior to your purchase?
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Nathan Claire
The "Subject To" Strategy
The famous “subject to.” Investors far and wide have pondered what this mysterious term refers to and how it can be utilized in putting a quality deal together. A subject to deal refers to purchasing a property “subje...
Bruce Woodruff
What to do when guest is a no-show?
Just looking for creative input....our guests that were supposed to arrive on Friday sent a literally last-minute message saying that she had gotten sick and couldn't make it. She said she noticed our cancellation pol...
Margaret Jay
Depreciation and tax deduction questions
Some questions for investment property: 1) when you buy a house, does the 'clock' on the 27.5 years start over, regardless of when the previous owners bought it?
2) what is a ballpark building vs. land ratio to use w...
Cristal Marques
First Investment Property
Investment Info:
Small multi-family (2-4 units) buy & hold investment.
Purchase price: $142,500
Cash invested: $15,000
fully occupied, needs some updating, new roof soon, figure out porch thats n...