Wade Garrett
Fannie Mae Rates for Multifamily??
I am in contract on a fourplex and have four conventional rate quotes that are varying drastically. Background: It will be an owner occupied fourplex, 30 yr fixed rate with 20% down. $400k purchase price. Two brick an...
Scott Choppin
6 Ways to Build a Career in the Real Estate Development Business
This is an article I wrote last year, and has received more attention and likes on BP and LI than any other article I've ever written. I wanted to post it again, driven by a recent message I received from a gentleman ...
Nikki Closser
They all say 12 months season for a cash out refi??
Hi Everyone! I read Andrew Postell's post about doing cash-out refi's and he says in there that if you pay for the home with cash or a HELOC that you can get a cash-out loan on day 1. I've called 4 credit unions and t...
Jon H.
Interest rates impacting development planning
We're currently halfway through development planning (including soft costs) to a coastal multifamily development project. Looking for any anecdotal references on developers who have delayed current WIP projects due to...
Daniel Kurkowski
Demand Side Analysis of COVID Crisis
After numerous conversations with investors, CFAs, data scientists and economists in conjunction with my own understanding and study as a CFA candidate, I thought it would be worthwhile to share my thoughts on how I t...
Carlos Ptriawan
Archaic Fed theory
cc: @James Hamling So today is very interesting. Job market is extremely robust that we add 300k jobs than 150k predicted job. In theory this should not be good news because then Fed would have reason to keep the inte...
Taylor Davidson
Ways to get creative with loans/purchasing when in a "saving" phase.
Good Morning all, I purchased my first investment property in January of 2022 right before interest rates skyrocketed. My plan was to live in the residence while I fixed it up and eventually either rent or sell for pr...
Josh West
Real estate student trying to get started in Portland Oregon
Hey BP! My name is Josh West and I am relatively new to the Portland Metro Area. My only background in RE is when I started the Master of Real Estate Development (MRED) program at PSU last fall. I become interested in...
Naeem Kapasi
Appraisal Input Suggestions
Hey BP Nation. We have been doing a live in flip over the past two years. We have done many upgrades to the house, and most comps in the neighborhood are not updated (they still have old school interior). As we get re...
Markus Stringer
Increase of MF Properties Available
Good Morning BP Community,I have noticed a lot of Multi-Family Properties are coming to the market here in South Florida. I would like to get some thoughts on this. Pre-Covid, there was a lack of inventory, now the in...