Manuel Angeles
USA National Retail Market Report as of January 15, 2024
Greetings,
Here is an update on the current National Commercial Retail Real Estate Market in The United States of America:
Retail transaction volume fell to about $50 billion in 2023. When pitted against the decad...
Abi Wegman
Hello from Oakland, CA
Hello BP! My name is Abi (ah-bee), and I've been living in Oakland since August '15 and I grew up in Santa Rosa. My girlfriend and I are working as auditors in San Francisco, and looking to begin building our RE inves...
Greg Barrett
Cap Rates: A Deep Dive
The “cap rate” is probably the most widely used metric in commercial real estate. It’s a metric that I refer to almost every day when describing or evaluating an investment opportunity. In short, a cap rate is the u...
Deangelo Mack
Contractor(s) walking my first wholesale deal
Hello BP family. Is it uncommon to ask a contractor(s) to walk me through my first or second deal just so I can kinda get a feel for eyeballing things that need to be repaired? Ive been told not to pay for an inspecto...
Joshua Dorkin
New Ways to Gain Influence Points by Promoting BP or Helping Others Use it.
We've added a new way for users to gain influence points -- promoting BiggerPockets!
Here are two new ways that you can gain some serious influence points:
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Kuvaal Patel
Where are you focused on investing in 2022-2023?
I'm curious as to where other investors are moving/adding to their investing pipeline. I started with long-term buy-and-hold investing and added a BRRR last year. We've all heard some variation of the phrase, "jack of...
Derek Brickley
What Impacts My Mortgage Terms?
This article is from an interview we did to address which factors can impact a buyer’s mortgage terms.
- Can you outline what factors of a buyer’s financial profile can influence their mortgage terms?
Almost every...
Miguel Diaz
SLC Real Estate Book Swap/Trade Club (?)
Hello BP Community,Going out on a limb here...As I read more books on RE (and through the BP podcast) I keep hearing about more and more great RE and business books that I'd like to read. But I don't always want to go...
Dustin Ruhl
Avoid investing while aroused
When thinking of the best investors compared to Star Trek, Vulcan's would make the best investors compared to Mr. Spock who would be more of a irrational decision maker. There are many emotions that can affect a human...
James Smoot
Deal analysis, help
Hello, is there a wrong way to analyze deals? I mean obviously right, but i feel like all I’m doing is changing the numbers to what I think will work to make the 12% COC return. Am I doing it right?