Hi all,I'm a recent college grad who interested in REI, however, I don't know much about it, and would love to get started. I've read and watched videos on how to get started, but the information is very generic and d...
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We're selling a duplex we own and plan on buying a house that also operates as a business. (We will be living in the house and running the business) Never done a 1031 before. Where do I start? My lawyer? A bank? Any h...
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Hey everyone! I'm writing out my lease (yes, my lawyer will be looking it over before I make it official), but I have a question about the security deposit interest I'm seeing. I was looking on Minnesota's page about ...
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One of the most common oversights I see that passive investors don’t question enough is the relation between loss to lease and vacancy rates. Loss to lease is the difference between what the sponsors feel market ren...
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Write your postGood evening BP family!! Although I am new to this platform from only a few months past and have not been on as much as I would've liked to, I definitely still log on when I feel it is important to s...
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City of Los Angeles allows for new construction multi-units to apply for a ‘density bonus’ which allows one to develop 35% more units than allowed by zoning in return of providing 25% of the units to low income housin...
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Due to my "liabilities" of other apartment houses. My bank will not provide financing to me for a vacant 6 unit apartment complex.
Has anybody else come across this and what strategies did you use to push pa...
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On A first house hack, owner occupied, do you have to change the address on your driver licence living there for a year? And, is it ok to stay over my parents home during the weekday because of my job that's 3 miles a...
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For the better part of two decades I've been involved in real estate in some capacity including but not limited to: mortgage & real estate broker, developer, project manager, STR owner/operator/manager, internatio...
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Hi, we have a second home in Oregon that we only utilize every other weekend. We did not do our due diligence regarding the HOA rules and found out after purchasing that we are not allowed to do short term rentals. I ...