Riley F.
Appreciation - how to factor it in?
For buy and hold investors out there, how do you guys think about appreciation and how do you factor it in to your buying and selling decisions, if at all? What key factors do you use to measure the potential for appr...
Steven McPherson
Who here has started from scratch?
Just a question for other BP members: who all on this board have started their RE business from nothing? That means you had no money and no personal savings to put in to marketing, down payments, etc.Follow-up questi...
Phil Sharp
Buy-and-hold strategies in high priced areas
I have lived in the San Francisco bay area for the last 15 or so years, and am anxious to start doing some buy-and-hold investing. However, it seems that price-to-rent ratios are solidly over 30 in my area, and gener...
Rob Barry
Where did I go wrong? Section 8 Horror Story.
So In late 2018 I bought a package of five of those small brick houses you see all over Georgia (less than $70k each) and had the brilliant idea to renovate them and rent them out via section 8. Today I got a $14,000 ...
Justin Young
Concerning the article about building wealth
I just read the article that was on this site " Investing in rental properties won't build wealth but this will".
To sum it up and NOT verbatim is says, it's a good idea to invest in rental properties but to think ...
Omar Cantu
Failure to launch, no luck so far
Hi, I'm 23 yrs old and have been trying to get started in real estate investing. But no luck. I know this wasn't going to be easy but it almost feels impossible. I finally tried to get pre qualified for a loan of abou...
Russell Brazil
Be Careful If You Are Overleveraged
Many of us experienced folks on the forums the last couple years have been expressing concern about people being overleveraged and for strategies like the BRRRR method. Myself, @Jay Hinrichs, @Alexander Felice, @Joe S...
Ron Singh
mortgage shopping tips, anyone ?
Hi BP ,what worked best for you regarding mortgage shopping while in contract ?if we go shop multiple lenders, wouldn't its going to hurt the credit? as they would all first pull the credit. details: primary residen...
Devin Mann
how do i analyze a 10 unit commercial business type building?
its on a highly traveled road. this guy said he would owner finance it.i know im missing a ton of information and i apoligize. im not even sure what else to ask him
Erik Sirs
Hello All
Just moved back to the Northwest. My past history included holding SFR and multi units for the purposes of tax shelters. I also, formed a group that purchased a small shopping strip and a storage complex. I have bu...