Jay Hinrichs
I am giving away a free rental house in St. Louis
In what had begun last holiday season with me giving away a duplex to a deserving BP member, I want to carry on the tradition.. This year I have a SFR in St. Louis it is in need of rehab.. However it can be a great st...
Pavel Sakurets
I'm surprised that from all the people on BP nobody knows the answer
I posted a question before if anyone knew how to find vacant properties besides contacting cities and driving neighborhoods. Shocked that nobody responded with an answer.We find that only larger cities have these reco...
V.G Jason
First REI Property
Investment Info:Dallas, TX quad-plex that needs reno on two of the units. Units A&B are 2br,1.5ba. Units C&D are 1br,1 ba. I believe this will be $750k+ property in the short term, at minimum.List Price: $645,...
Account Closed
Is the Real Estate market really not going to take a hit?
I have been watching the last 4 months in absolute awe. Unemployment is through the roof, businesses are going bankrupt, most people are staying home not spending money yet the stock market and Real Estate market are...
Matthew Mucker
Where does the 50% rule come from?
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...
Matt Cramer
Can Rich Dad Poor Dad beat up Dave Ramsey?
To borrow or not to borrow, debt free is the way to be etc etc etc. The way I see this is a risk vs reward. How do you decide though where the risk is to great or the reward to little? How do you decide to purchase a ...
Richard Hadley
Infinite Banking Concept
I'm throwing a question out about how to get started in the infinite banking concept and the ability to leverage one of my properties to get started, does anyone have any experience in doing this? And the other quest...
Christina Tkacs
Can you truly get ahead by buying turn-key homes
I want to write the title in quotes because it's not like I had much of a strategy to start with. I bought a duplex and a turn-key SFH at a normal price for houses in the area. Both were conventional loans with 25% ...
David Jonsson
unlicensed activity
I got a letter from Wisconsin Department of Professional Services Division of Legal Services & Compliance. They received a complaint from someone on my direct mail list of probate properties. My marketing lett...
Christopher Lane
I am seriously LOST!
Hey team, so this is a super personal post. Read at your own risk lol.I grew up in a family that had 2 - 4plexes and 3 triplexes. I grew up collecting rents with my dad, and working on the houses and mowing the lawns...