Scott Prock
Clarification on Cap Rates
Greetings!I just read an article by Forbes where the author - Brad Thomas - mentioned something regarding cap rates that has me confused.Quote - "As a REIT analyst, I use cap rates on a daily basis for comparing the v...
Leandro Abreu
I Would Not Be Buying U.S. Real Estate
Investor Jim Rogers said "I would not be buying U.S. Real Estate" in a podcast two days ago. He then adds "The Chinese rush to buy U.S. Real Estate is probably a sign of a top in that market." Jim Rogers is a respecte...
Jay Helms
Contribute to 401K or Not?
Afternoon BP Community. Listening to several podcasts and reading many blog articles, there is a constant debate on whether someone should contribute to a 401K or take those contributions and direct them to RE. Unless...
Vikram C.
Does buy-and-hold make any sense now?
Here's a chart that I saw today from a reliable source. It shows the total debt of households, businesses and the government. There are two things that are quite clear from the chart:
1. Total debt has increased e...
Alex Applebee
You have 50k to invest. Where do you buy?
If you have 50k to buy rental property with, where and what would you purchase?
Luke H.
Tenants of 7yrs wants full deposit back.
Tenants of 7yrs leaves this month and is already requesting full deposit back. I explained that I had 30 days to do the accounting.
How do you guys handle these? It was like that when we moved in.That was from th...
Nathan Gesner
How can you evict tenants without the court system?
Many Landlords have no idea how to get rid of a tenant, whether it's for non-payment of rent or for lease violations. This is even more obvious as the eviction moratorium stretches to almost a year now.Share your best...
Elford Stephens
Convincing tenants to use electronica payment
Hi, we are new real estate investors. We just purchased our first property. The tenants are accustomed to paying their rent to the old owner in cash. This will not work for us. We would like them to use some form...
Brian Bakerman
Why doesn't every investment property in California have an ADU?
Adding an ADU to a property has become super easy in CA, yet it seems that the adoption rate of adding units isn't quite where it could be.
This is most surprising amongst investment property owners. Why is that? The...
James Klafehn
I'm really tired of hearing "no" from lenders. :(
I know your supposed to keep working and keep chugging forward but after 3 years of hearing "NO" from banks I am feeling really frustrated. How do you keep motivated to continue when continually getting denied. :(