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Greetings BP!
I'm new to the real estate community and i'm looking to getting into real estate investing. From what i have concluded, real estate investing takes quite a long period of time before you start t...
Over the past year, I've been educating myself so as to get my investing start, most like with single family buy and hold. I live in San Diego county, so I've tended to focus on starting OOS. Initially, I was looking ...
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Many syndicators/sponsors are offering a "waterfall" payout arrangement to their investors, whereby the investor first gets a "preferred return "of 8%, and then 75% of any cash flow left over after the preferred retur...
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I have an upper lower duplex with very nice hardwood floors. The upper renters are a husband a wife with two dogs and have been there for 10 years. I have owned the place for 1 year. The lower tenant is just a mid ...
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Not sure if this is something I want to do myself, but maybe some here have come across this issue before.Our chimney is in bad shape. Rather than repair it we are considering doing what we did at our other property,...
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Hi everyone,I'm looking for my first deal here in my hometown of Boulder, CO. What I've found is that price-to-rent ratios are high - ranging from 24-30 depending on zip code. The median home sold price is $800,000, a...
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Hey everyone at BP,I am working on my first (non live-in Flip). As it stands now with rehab costs, holding costs, Closing costs, & paying the buyers agent, I will net out at $33,000. Since I am not flipping as an ...
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I have a SFR rental property in Fontana, CA that is worth 390k and I owe 255k. I am 1 year into a 20 year mortgage and have had same renters for 6 years no problems. I am not cashflowing, but obviously trying to pay...
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For Context - I understand real estate is a long term deal but, after holding a property for 1.5 years I feel as if the performance is lack luster and have considered selling off the property in pursuit of something l...
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Just wanted to drop a little bit of encouragement in here. I am currently stationed in Okinawa (have been for 5 yrs now) and just closed on my first property. It is a Quadplex in Decatur, GA and should cashflow abou...