Frank Apap
Price to rent ratio
Total newbie here, considering buying a property to rent (two family home) and hold for 5-10 years before selling.
I'd like to have a break even or positive cash flow and was wondering if there was a rule of thumb of...
Arina Alexiuc
New Investor - looking for advice
First of all, allow me to say that BP is amazing! I am really surprised how many people are willing to share their wisdom and knowledge! Thank you all for that!My husband and I are new investors. We have been thinking...
Danielle C.
Flip with Hard Money
Hi All! My husband and I have recently gotten our LLC approved by Pennsylvania and are on the look out for our first fix and flip. I have a question about hard money. We are looking at multiple hard money lenders to ...
John Park
Tenant sees a ghost. What should my response be?
So...one of my tenants is claiming that she and her daughter are seeing a spirit in the house. Did not know how to respond to this. If it was a maintenance item I would send my guy to take a look right away, but what ...
Stephen E.
Jingle Bells: Tenant Christmas Gift Ideas
Well, we are getting around to the most wonderful time of the year and that means tenant Christmas gifts. I know some Scrooge like landlords skimp on this but I am convinced that Christmas gifts build good will and ar...
Lindsay Wilcox
First Tools to Buy?
I'm about to go straight from renter to triplex owner-occupant. I'm an exceptionally fast learner and have at least average coordination, so I love the idea of learning to do as many things as possible myself.
If I w...
Jimmy Watson
2-8 Unit Buy & Hold
Ladies and Gentlemen,I've read several books now on Real Estate Investing, including the "BiggerPockets Ultimate Beginner's Guide" (which, is a great read by the way). Now that I've got a little knowledge under my be...
Troy Welch
Electrical in 50 year old house - what to do
I am rehabbing this 1st property. Part of closing negotiations was that they replace the breaker box. They hired a professional electrician who installed a 125 amp breaker box. It looks like they did a very good jo...
James Klafehn
I'm really tired of hearing "no" from lenders. :(
I know your supposed to keep working and keep chugging forward but after 3 years of hearing "NO" from banks I am feeling really frustrated. How do you keep motivated to continue when continually getting denied. :(
Joshua Dorkin
Free Property Analysis Worksheet
Michael Rogers of Chandler Properties provided the following Excel Worksheet for BiggerPockets to share with all of our members.
REI Property Analyzer
We hope you all find it comes in handy.
NOTE: If anyone else h...