Justin Siddall
PM Companies: 5 Things You've Loved & 5 Things To Do Better
Hello BP Nation,I am establishing a PM company to manage my future portfolio. As a renter for years in the military, I've worked with some good and lots of terrible PM companies (the barrier to entry is very very low....
Ty Jarnagin
Apartment complex business plan
Any reference of business plan for a small apartment complex? Tips or good advice?
David Ivy
September 2019 Austin Market Report
The September 2019 Central Texas Housing Market Report is out from the Austin Board of REALTORS (ABoR). The City of Austin saw a 15% percent increase in Austin home sales and a record-breaking 11.9% year over year inc...
Kathy Utiss
Open AI Advantages To Express Benefit Of Using Non-Profit To Donate To Your Project
A non-profit organization that donates to projects with the goal of building net worth for individuals, investors, and corporations is taking an unconventional and philanthropic approach. This model suggests a commitm...
Jeff Dimock
Living off loan proceeds from a property in your LLC
I have heard many people talk about getting a larger loan than needed on an investment property – either from a private lender at purchase or perhaps from a bank refi later - then using the excess as available cash to...
David Ivy
March 2019 Austin Market Report
The March 2019 Central Texas Housing Market Report is out from the Austin Board of REALTORS® (ABoR). Incredibly strong housing demand, a crippling 1.5 months of inventory, and ongoing affordability concerns produced y...
Steven O'Leary
Can I lend from a SDIRA to an LLC I have a minority stake in?
I’m a passive partner, 30% stakeholder, in an LLC where we buy and hold rentals. I’d like to create a SDIRA or SOLO401K and loan the LLC money at fair market rate.Since I’m not a majority stakeholder, I don’t believe ...
Matt Maluchnik
Buy for what it's worth, or what it CAN be worth.
I keep running into situations where RentOMeter and RentJungle are giving me averages of what rents SHOULD BE. And the current landlord's have rents lower then what I'm seeing. In many of these cases the landlord's ...
Milan Herskovich
New Hud Guidelines, better or worse?
I own a duplex in Cincinnati, rented out to section 8 tenants. I received the following email today.Good Afternoon,Be prepared! HUD is changing its inspection criteria from Housing Quality Standards (HQS) to National ...
Hari Mann
The Power of BP and Positive Thinking
It surely is a small and mysterious world. I happened to start learning about private equity funds, stakeholder capitalism, and the housing crisis last week and also started getting more active on the BP forums.I post...