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Antonio Bodley Do retail home buyers care about....?
27 November 2013 | 40 replies

Do retail home buyers care as much about home value as investors do? Investors buy to make a profit, so I can see why home values are very important to them. Retail home buyers are buying to live in the homes not to m...

Bill Gulley How Profitable Is Property Management?
28 October 2013 | 45 replies

I received a question about profitabilty of being a PM. I thought about it. I've had PMs at times 10% of rents. I'm thinking around here average rents are probably $500, that's $50 bucks plus first months rent.

$110...

Christine Swaidan Long term tenants
24 June 2016 | 34 replies

We have a 70 unit senior building that we have owned for the last 20 years. These are all low income and about 20 have section 8 assistance. Rents are low. I would have to say we have not done a great job managing the...

Chris Wilkening Dave Ramsey says RE should be 5% of portfolio
8 September 2019 | 50 replies

I think most of BP would disagree with Ramsey's advice about real estate and debt, but there is one bullet here that states "Real estate should only be about 5% of your portfolio." I understand (but don't agree with) ...

Michael Doherty 1st BRRRR Success(ish)
8 December 2021 | 180 replies

Here’s a recount of my first BRRRR (Buy- Renovate-Rent-Refinance-Repeat) deal with specific details/numbers. This post is long and detailed, but for those who spend the time to read through it, I hope it helps.
How...

Joe Au Use HELOC to paydown mortgage fast
11 January 2025 | 420 replies

I want to build equity with my primary home as soon as possible. And I came across a method using HELOC to reduce the interest paid to the mortgage. Does any one have experience with it?

Alison Buckley To 'hood or not to 'hood
26 March 2009 | 63 replies

Hi Everyone--

I am looking for some insight about investing in the hood aka rougher part of town, where properties are much less inexpensive - it would be nice to help contribute to these rough areas by making them l...

Nik Moushon Deep Dive into Development of Duplex/Townhouse (New Construction)
16 December 2022 | 34 replies

Introduction
My intentions here is not to do a quick look at the numbers but a deep dive into the entire experience of doing my first development. I did break this down into sections so that you can skip to area of i...

Jerry Shen Have $2 Million, what to do?
21 June 2017 | 94 replies

I have $2 Million to invest in real estate (part of windfall for selling a tech company). After reading the Ultimate Beginner's guide, I've settled on apartment investing. My question is, would it be better to get mul...

Mohit Madaan would you partner with some one who is cheating on his wife?
15 December 2014 | 118 replies

This is probably not a 100% real estate question but more of psychology question i guess. So here is the deal, one of my very good friend is going through a rough marriage and lately he is been involved in an affair w...