Odlin Sainvilus
Introduction: I am excited to be a part of this community!
Good Morning everyone!I am excited to a part of this community. I am a critical point in my life in which everything in my life from moving to another state to leaving 3 jobs (three different sources of income) and my...
Christopher Miller
Just a kid from Oklahoma City
My name is Chris Miller. I was born in rural Oklahoma but lived the majority of my life in the city. I don't have any investment history but my family has 700 acres of farmland. I would love to have the type of rental...
Russell Brazil
Reducing Housing Cost Key To Saving For Investing
Ive been hearing a lot lately, and this seems to come in cycles that people in expensive areas feel they can not save and invest. I categorically deny that. Ive lived pretty much my entire adult life in Boston and W...
Dushyant Ravi
Importance of an Investment Grade Tenant- A CMBS Lenders View
I frequently see discussions on here surrounding single tenant retail tenants such as Walgreens, Dollar General, Family Dollar etc. As a CMBS lender, I often see single tenant retail projects come across my desk as th...
Samir Shahani
10% for maintanence
I am always puzzled why people allot 10% of rent for maintenance... I've talked to so many people and read so many posts of situations where the allotment is 10% regardless , eg.Imagine a situation where the rent is $...
Bryan Hancock
Alvin Greene Jobs Strategy - Action Figures of Him!
The latest in the geniuses we have running this election cycle. Make action figures of him to solve our unemployment problems:
Great Strategy!
The Tea Party doesn't have a monopoly on morons running I guess.
Kirk Shelton
Ready to Learn!
Hello all!
I've been browsing BP a bit and it's already apparent that I can learn a lot from the more experienced users here regarding flips, rentals, etc. Being in real estate for about a year now has taught me a l...
J. Martin
Unemployment Analysis & Charts - SF Bay Area & US - Any better?
It might not feel like a jobs boom to many, but damn! Does it get much better than this!?Check out the historical unemployment charts for the United States, California, San Francisco, and the greater Bay Area.. Some i...
Christopher Munn
Is This The New Normal?
I recently found a deal in the midwest (area where C class apartments trade between 7.5% and 11% cap rate).16 units doing about 28k in NOI. (Not very good)I own a 8 unit in the area that does about 30k NOI so this pla...
Neha Shah
Impact of IPOs in the east bay
Hi All -New to the BiggerPockets forum. We have a condo in SF but are looking to move to the Lamorinda area of the east bay anywhere from now to in the next couple years as we start a family. We would rent out our con...