J. Martin
Is 2.5% a good cap rate? "Gambling" on appreciation?
I recently saw a deal on a duplex in San Francisco in a prime neighborhood with a cap rate on existing rents of 2.5%. Rents a bit below market, but not crazy. Building in good condition. Great location. This number...
Andres Arango
Renting Apartments in Medellin, Colombia
Hello BP community,I am part-time dedicated to Real State Investing. I have 2 years’ experience in the raw land Development, lots subdivisions and construction improvements.I want to find people interested in investin...
Jon Q.
STRIP PRIVATE BANKS OF THEIR POWER TO CREATE MONEY
“Printing counterfeit banknotes is illegal, but creating private money is not. The interdependence between the state and the businesses that can do this is the source of much of the instability of our economies. It co...
AJ Wong
Banking turmoil..is a housing credit crunch coming?
By now you might have heard that a few financial institutions in the US and beyond have run into some difficulties..Somewhat counterintuitively the implosion of SVB bank and the downgraded risk of other regional and i...
Andreas Mueller
Is the 1031 Exchange at Risk? Inside the Court's Chevron Decision.
Welcome to A Skeptical Dude’s Take on Real Estate: a frank, hopefully insightful, dive into real estate and financial markets. From one real estate investor to another.
Coming at you live from Nashville, TN.
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Alex Johnson
$30k to play with, looking for cashflow. Where do you go?
Subject pretty much covers it. I've picked up a few rentals in Denver in the past 2 years but I bought them as primaries, moved in, then moved onto the next one. Now I'm in a primary that I'm not going to leave for a ...
Lisa Marie
Real Estate (especially STR) is not a get-rich-quick scheme
I am by no means an expert or even a veteran in real estate, but I have been on BP for a while and can’t help noticing that more and more people are coming on the board with a question like “I have decided to get into...
Chris Thomas
Investment Allocations... What do you do?
On this forum it’s obvious that most are either investing, or want to invest, in real estate. But I often wonder, of those who invest, how many are still pumping money into Roth’s, 401k’s, and the like? I wrestle with...