Nathan Gesner
Keep Portland weird...and insane.
Oregon and a few other areas have limitations on rent increases (see Oregon Law). If a Landlord wants to increase rents to keep up with the market, Oregon forces him to pay moving expenses for the tenants.Here's a sto...
Richard Warren
Not So Fast On The Toxic Assets Plan
The stock market was absolutely giddy after the release of the Obama administration’s plan for toxic assets. However, not everyone is drinking the Kool Aid. Paul Krugman, the Nobel Prize winning NY Times columnist...
Scotty Wo
completely new and lost, would love some guidance.
Hello Everyone,I really want to learn how to rent my house and aquire another house to rent and so on. I'm very new and I don't understand a lot of the posts I've googled. Heres my situation,My mom bought and "gave" m...
Paul Enzinger
Telling family of our venture
Hi, my wife and i are taking the plunge and going into our 2nd rental property ( our first was house hacking and becoming unintentional landlords). We purchased a duplex and need some repairs initially, which we are i...
Shang Min Wang
How to start renting my second floor unit?
Hello,I have purchased a duplex as my primary residence for two years. Recently, I'm wondering that I should rent my second floor unit to relieve some financial pressure and to start building some experience. Since it...
Josh Engen
Add 2nd water line duplex cost?
Hello fellow BP members!I am a part owner of a duplex in Olympia, Washington and we invest in the Tumwater, Lacey and Olympia areas. There is currently only one main water line and we are considering adding a 2nd mete...
Nick M.
Would you sell this building?
Would you keep for the long term or sell this property?- Purchased a 1960's vintage building, 18 units, in 2017 for $1.5M- In a major urban city in the northeast- Put $400K down and have paid down $100K in loan (so th...
Hughston Thackham
Rent Primary or Sale Primary
Hello all, I am brand new to Real Estate Investing and I am in a situation that I believe could be promising. I would like to hear further opinions. Currently, I am paying $942/month w/ $232 of that going towards my p...
Ted Klein
2nd Deal under Contract, Seattle Area
Hello BP,Twenty eight years ago I bought my first rental property. It was an owner financed 3 unit property with a $5k down payment on a 12 year note. We held the property for 7 years and had good equity when we sold ...
Susan Grinde
Our first buy and hold investment property
Investment Info:
Single-family residence buy & hold investment in East Wenatchee.
Purchase price: $123,000
Cash invested: $30,000
Single family ranch style home with single car garage and large c...