Julia Sung
Short term rental in NYC via Airbnb
Hello BP members,I am planning to invest in Multi Family House in NYC. My plan is to live in one unit and do short term rentals for the other unit on Airbnb.As I was researching, I came across a short term rental regu...
Steve S.
How often do you check your rentals - smoke detectors etc
Do you do this yourself? How frequently?Do you pay to change out ac filters or expect tenants to do that? How frequently?Do you provide fire extinguisher in each rental?I’m trying to think of any opportunities I hav...
BJ Everson
Foreseeing the Next Dip in the Market?
I've made the switch from a long buy and hold investor to flipping, which of course adds on the pressures of the overall market. I am buying my properties with the ability to still make $$ as a rental if I get caught ...
Naila T.
To spend or not to spend
Hi everyone, I bought this house a month ago and I have had to spend so much on repairs ever since. In preparation for winter here in CT I had someone inspect the roof and they found missing shingles. As I understand ...
Charles Worth
How Low Can Your Return Go?
As returns seems to have compressed in most markets, I thought it may be interesting to ask the following question(s) to the BP community:1)How low can your returns go before you just withdraw from the market or seek ...
Roy N.
Federal Government sticks thumb in real estate pie
The Finance Minister announced steps to curb the influx of foreign capital into the Canadian Real Estate Market (in which he really meant TO and Vancouver ... down east we are not really suffering from the influx of ...
Rob Bergeron
U.S. Creates Task Force to Strong Arm Property Owners into.....
https://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2018/08/u-s-cre...I find this an interesting play, people are already fed up with section 8 over tightening after their audit. How will this be received?
Brandon G.
Conventional Financing Limit Question
I've read that there is a limit to the amount of mortgages an individual can carry (I think it's 5?). My question is does this limit apply in the same way to multi-family properties? So if the limit is 5, could an ind...
Andre Key
Any Private Money Out There
BP,I know that many members have used private money and I want to fund a deal that I have in the works. I only need like 30% of the value of my project. From anyone's experience will a private lender risk lending su...
Matthew Kurtz
Factors you look for when investing in an area
Hello BP family, Now that the COVID-19 pandemic is loosening (sort of) it's hold on the global economy, I've seen more and more activity on the BP site - definitely a good sign! I'm still relatively new to real estat...