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All:My handyman just called me and said that a floor joist was split underneath one of my college student rentals. Five guys live there and had friends over for the Super Bowl on Sunday night. They claim it was only "...
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I read too many posts from investors about "cashflow per door" or "that house does not have a positive cashflow", ect. I feel like the prevailing thought is that it is about "cashflow", singular, when real estate inve...
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Ch. 1 Why I Love Rental Properties
Ability to use the leverage
Ability to hustle for greater returns
Ability to manage my investment directly
People always need a place to live
Its worked ...
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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...
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I am starting my first direct mail campaign and figured I would post my plans and how things are going as time passes to help keep me accountable. Give me your thoughts, questions, and suggestions!
The Plan:
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Hey BP,Who's currently buying rental properties? -Are you at all worried about prolonged eviction moratoriums, rent freezes, a second wave or anything else that they are talking about in the media? -Or are you march...
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This post was just inspired by @Jason Scott who just posted on FB how most people will never achieve $10 million, $100 million net worth etc (and theres nothing wrong with that) (Also, in like a decade on here Ive nev...
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Hello! I'm happy to be here on the BP forums.I'm just starting to look at investing in real estate. I live in inland southern California, which is more affordable than the coasts, but still more expensive than what I'...
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The lack or inattentiveness of safety in short-term rentals is appalling!! Over the weekend 3 people died at a STR in Outer Banks due to a house fire, and it seems like every couple of months we hear of more people dy...
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I'm wondering what is the average profit per flip. I attended a RE seminar and the guy teaching the class was saying he won't do a flip unless he makes $50k profit minimum. Which sounds amazing if that is true. I'm lo...