Hubert Washington
Has The Apartment Market Reached The Peak of It's Cycle?
My goal is to purchase my first apartment building before the end of 2016 and I have been studying, reading, and listening to everything I can get my hands on. Recently I have come across information from a few differ...
Chris V.
Stockton CA Multi-Family Bids Adieu to 1% Rule Properties
For the last few years Stockton CA buy-and-hold rental property used to be a virtual no-brainer. Now the market for conforming multi-family property is at a turning point, breaking through the floor dictated by the 1%...
Andrey Y.
Does wearing a suit really do the trick?
I have been pondering this lately. I have seen that almost universally, all the apartment complex investors and syndicators on here, in their profile picture are wearing suits. I would also imagine, that when speaking...
Brandon Campbell
City of Code Code Violations
I'm under contract to buy some distressed properties on the south side of chicago. Every property has a city of chicago municipal lien on them from violations from up to a year ago to many years ago. Our goal is once ...
Al Ball
Do I need a realtor?
I've been talking to a lot of people and can't quite get to the bottom of what a realtor can do for me. They say they can access more buyers, but can't I find most of them just by doing a flat fee service to get on th...
Russell Holmes
Found a small, rented cash-flowing property. What would you do?
I have found what could possibly be a great starter investment house, or possibly not. I, of course, would want to see it in person, have it inspected, etc and do my due diligence before moving further. On the su...
Nick J.
4 lessons in Short Sales You should NEVER forget
This is in response to: Sharing Experiences Thread created by Charles.
If you're doing short sales, new to the game or just new to your negotiator I'm going to give you the most important lesson I've ever learned. T...
Elliot B.
Cash Flow vs Equity vs Net Worth: Is BRRRR worth it?
Hey BPers -I just listened to the excellent podcast show #327 where @David Greene lays out all of the details of the BRRRR strategy. It is clearly a powerful strategy that has worked well for him and many others but I...
Account Closed
Approved Tenant requires Owner's SSN/Taxpayer ID for 'Reporting' purposes
does the approved tenant (for one of the 2 units in a legal duplex) have legal grounds to be demanding the owner's (landlord's) taxpayer id? tenant explanation is that intends to file a 1099 for each year she is owner...
Amy A.
How to handle nightmare neighbor
Bought a multi-family in May and the neighbor is a nut job.Has an endless list of complaints, some valid and some not.He called the property code inspector two weeks after closing, and I have a laundry list of repairs...