Zach Vaughn
Using Investor Funds for Down Payment
Hello everyone. I am currently house hacking a duplex that I purchased in April and am now trying to work on a second deal. I have my eyes on a couple of small multifamily properties in my area but am running into the...
Joseph Careri
Screening tenants during covid
I just bought my first duplex (in St. Catherines, Ontario) and just completed renos. I was in contact with a property management company to take over from here so I can focus on my job and get back to analyzing more d...
Donald Placide
Wholesaling to motivated sellers
Hey BP family after listening to a few Podcast I'm starting to rethink instead of buy and hold using the little cash I have I think wholesaling might be the better choice.Was wondering What type of monthly budget I sh...
Josephine R Mukoroyi
HOW TO BECOME A SUCCESSFUL INVESTOR
Building wealth and becoming rich is almost everyone's dream. There are many avenues to building wealth and growing a portfolio of assets. One of the avenues to amassing wealth is owning rental properties. Rental p...
Barrett Starling
Laws on Escrow accounts
I am currently renting in Montgomery County, MD and my lease is due to expire at the end of the month. I have been a tenant since 2009 and my landlord has held the same deposit for 3 different lease terms. As we have ...
Ryan H.
When to cash-out refi?
In July of 2022, I purchased a SFH and obtained a 30-year fixed @ 6.75%. The property appraised for $30k more than the purchase price before improvements, and I then added a new roof, new AC, new carpet and flooring ...
Elizabeth Smith
Option to Purchase Questions
Hello, I just found BP and am pleased to be a part of this great resource. I have a few years of RE investing under my belt but there is always more to learn. I have a current seller who has agreed to sell me their pr...
William A Rojas
Investor Question - Asked how they are protected in a deal
I have a very serious LP/Passive investor ask me today how they will be protected in a new deal. How have you responded to this type of question in the past? He's looking for mid-teen returns open to either value-add ...
Gaurav Bahal
Realistic IRR
Hi BP'ers,As I am digging more into analyzing REIs I am realizing that ROI is not a good metric compared to IRR because ROI does not factor the time value of money. This becomes especially important when I am holding ...
John T.
AC cleaning- tenant or landlord expense?
Hello BP.For those landlords who have AC units in their rental properties, do you cover any cleaning/servicing expenses or hold the tenant responsible? If the latter, how do you approach it - included in lease, separ...