Hi everyone. I've had a potential opportunity come up but I'm having some difficulty with structuring a deal for it.A bit of background. I moved into a Triplex in Montreal about 4 months ago, as a renter. The landl...
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I have had a few of part-time assistants in the past few years. All moved on to full-time jobs. My current asssitant obtained a full-time job and can only work 1 day a week. This is fine for bill-paying, filing, ec...
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Rising interest rates have hurt everyone’s buying power (except cash buyers obviously), and inventory is locked up because nobody wants to move and give up their historically-low interest rate. Word on the street is ...
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Got off the phone with my investment advisor, i had emailed him about whether or not he knew how to invest in real estate with a self directed IRA. I hear about it relatively frequently, and have one person in my offi...
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1. Coronavirus and Market Instability
Many of you are aware that I work at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), and I invest in the large (100+ unit) multifamily space. This puts me in a unique position to see how ...
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Hey BP Family!,I had a question to you all. I found a few rental properties in Cleveland, Ohio that are in D class and C- class neighborhoods that are under $100,000 (besides one) that can produce between $7,500 and $...
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Hey everyone, I currently live in the south Austin area and am looking for mentorship opportunities to learn more about real estate investing. I am in school as of now with a little over a year left to go and want to ...
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I realize a lot of investors start off by using monies from their retirement portfolios, whether its a 401k, IRA etc. Seems like everyone agrees that they enjoy a better rate of return in real estate than these conven...
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I'm not quite decided on what niche to select. My current career requires me to travel for work from time to time and I really enjoy the flexibility it provides. However, I'm aware that to invest in RE, one must be ...
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I've been ruminating over the low rate environment recently and whether to refi one or more of my long-term rentals, but I just struggled visualizing the full gamut of financial impacts, e.g. loan cost inefficiency, 3...