Bharath Janakarajan
Delivering property vacant
Hi All,
I am in contract to buy a 4-unit building in NJ that currently has tenants. All of them are on lease. I was hoping to get the property vacant since I believe there is more upside. Isn't it not possibl...
K S.
My 100k house vs 100k in the S&P 500 (16 years later)
A turnkey home for 100k renting for 1k (1% rule) would net you worse than the stock market 16 years later. I went back through my 1099s and calculated my return and estimated closing costs, federal taxes, capital gain...
Matyas Sustik
Landlord cannot deliver possession
[We have been landlords for 8+ years in TX, and for the last 5 we were also renters in CA. Where we live, it is more economical to rent than to own. So we know both sides of the transaction.]We are about to sign a new...
Glenn Goodman
Duplex Not Delivered Empty
Longtime lurker, first-time poster.
I'm an investor with two single family homes (a 2BR/1Ba and a 3BR/1Ba) in the small town I grew up in. I'm looking to buy a property in the city where I live now (about an hour awa...
Bradley Shuhart
How much negative cash flow is too much
I have an opportunity to assume a loan at 2.5% in a HCOL SoCal community. Even at that rate I will still be losing about $800-$1000 per month with a renter due to HOA & Mello Roos. I'm ok with a negative cash fl...
Kalen Jordan
Why do most syndications sell instead of long term hold?
Seems like pretty much all the syndications I've seen recently exit within a short number of years - I'm curious why they don't hold long term?
Michael L.
Why I'm getting out of B&H, even though my returns are very good
Sorry in advance for a long post; I want to write a detailed post on how I got started in RE investing a few years ago, the lessons I learned along the way, and why I'm thinking about stopping now. I want to be as spe...
James Somers
401k or Real Estate?
I know this may be a weird question to ask on a real estate forum (Im thinking the vast majority of responses will be pro real estate), but I wanted to get some different perspectives from the BP community. I current...
Account Closed
Why So Called Wholesaling is not an sustainable business model
The truth about wholesaling real estate needs to be finally told from a real estate pro like myself with almost 40yrs in the real estate business with buying and selling properties all over Northern & Southern Cal...
Will Barnard
Cash Flow vs. Appreciation
Many have argued/claimed here on BP that cash flow on residential properties is of vital importance and investors can not put food on the table with appreciation. I disagree. Once you have built a business with many r...