Jacob Jenkot
Implications of development on rentals and house values
Good morning,I own an owner occupied duplex a block from Denver, in Aurora, CO. Two blocks from me are a few lots where they plan on building 51 single family, attached homes. The area I am in is lower income but in t...
Garret Ball
Will This House Pass Inspection to be Financed Conventionally?
So we are looking at buying this new build duplex and we have cash, but we want to get conventional financing so that we have money to work with for other deals. Would this house be elgible for financing if it is not ...
Anthony Volk
Rentals in Station North/Greenmount West
Hello everyone,I'm a new member here, and am only starting to learn about real estate investment. I've never owned property before. I'm looking at working in Baltimore/DC at some point soon, and was interested in acqu...
Al Williamson
Will You Celebrate National Night Out in 2012?
I'm a huge National Night Out proponent. On the first Tues in August, neighbors are encouraged to meet each other. I even solicit landlords to donate $40 each to offset our block party expenses. (Here's my new BP post...
Samantha Swenson
House vs. Manufactured homes
After days of research I simply can not figure out if investing in a few manufactured houses is a good idea or not. I dont quite understand why they dont hold their value as well as a regular home (or maybe they do! T...
Mathew Randolph
My First Post / NYC Analysis
I found a cool building in South HarlemThe seller wants $2.6M for this 5 story, 7 apartment, 4500 square ft. residential building in Harlem. I estimated the total renovation costs at $1.1 million, NYC averages around ...
Mason B.
too good to be true? What am i missing here?
Hello from Chicago, New to real-estate and potentially interested in starting with multi-unit properties here in Chicago. I been doing some light searching around and found some pretty impressive numbers with relati...
Corey Brown
Is Newark, New Jersey A Hot Market Or A Bomb Waiting To Explode
All this hype about Newark, NJ being the next gold mine in real estate wholesaling. Is this true all just full of hype. The city is RUN DOWN. All these wholesalers out here are Marketing/Pushing the same properties.. ...
Andrew S.
Dryvit over Cinderblock? Good idea? Expensive?
I'm considering a property that is built with painted cinderblock. It was built in the 50-ies and there is little insulation (I doubt the blocks are filled with foam, etc). Some of the interior is drywalled but...
Ken Hicks
Capitalization Rate questions
I was wondering if anyone can give some input on Capitalization Rates. how do you determine your area rate. I'm finding that one block might be 6% and another block could be 12% can any one tell me their thoughts on w...