James S.
landlording nightmare
So my father has been a landlord for about 20 years in Detroit, under his wing ive never once heard of a story like this Weve had a tenant in a house for about 5 years now, hes a decent tenant and he loved the house ...
Sharon H.
Should I renew the lease when tenant always pays late?
Hello BP Community,I am new to real estate and this forum. I converted my primary residence to a rental property in October 2017. The house is in Los Angeles and the lease will be due in October 2018. From November 20...
Duncan Banks
Thoughts on This property
I have been making an effort to get into my first Multi, but it is slim pickin's in my area (south/ east Massachusetts). It seems investors are scooping up the cherries before they hit the real estate websites. T...
Corey Smith
I've gotten my feet wet. Now what?
I want to bounce my situation off of any of you in the BP community that are willing to read it and give an opinion. I became interested in REI two years ago this month, when I found BP and read Rich Dad. Over the fir...
Priscilla Chin
Should I buy in NYC or Florida?
Hi everyone,
I am located in NYC and am looking to purchase my first property for long term rental investment here. I am still new to this and there is a lot to learn! Would appreciate any tips, insights, or areas o...
Lauren Merendino
Pre retirement Strategy
I've been investing in real estate from afar (accredited investor) for years, but I now want to get into owning properties myself. I'm <5 years from retiring, so in this time period, I'd like to build a portfolio ...
Hau N.
Should I walk away?
Hello BP members,I need your help analyzing this deal. I have a feeling what you'll tell me but I just need to hear it so I can walk away from it. It will be my first deal. I've been looking into MF 2-4 units but ...
Account Closed
I just sold my first rental home and I made 109,000!
I purchased this 2 bed 2 bath 1349 square foot house in Turlock California about three years ago for 72,000, I put 15,000 into it after I completely gutted it so everything is new inside. I rented it out without even ...
Casey Serafino-Lee
How to even start with Investment Properties....Prefer Out of State
HiI am a newbie investor. I am interested in investing out of state as I live in California and our tenants rights are awful here. It is so difficult to get rid of bad tenants....plus the ROI here is not great. I a...
Wilson Cheung
Any Appreciation Investors Out There?
About 10 days ago, I started a thread comparing investments in Cash Flow versus Appreciation properties. The response was overwhelmingly in favor of Cash Flow.Are there ANY investors investing for appreciation out th...