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Hi everyone, my name is Gianfranco, i live in Panama, Panamá.I've adquired a mortgage for a rental property located in Playa Blanca, Coclé, Panamá like 5 years ago.The thing is i bought it for USD 150,000.00 (it was m...
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I bought my first house for 27k upstate NY...its rented and worth 62k...I wanted to pull 30k out for next one...good idea?
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I have a property in Fort Collins, CO that is cashing flowing but my tax guy and my mortgage guy are telling me to sell. I would qualify for the primary residence tax break because we lived in the home 2 of the last 5...
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Career moves are moving my family to Europe for a few years. We purchased our home in 2019 and have an estimate ~$150,000 in equity in the home today. Based upon current rent estimates from local PMs we could expect a...
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I am inexperienced in RE and keep reading posts in this very informative community. My goal is to acquire rental properties, probably single family houses. I read about turnkey property companies and I am tending t...
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Greetings BP'ers! - 'Full disclosure I have been listening to the pod casts and learning from the site for a few months, but wanted to officially say hello. I really want to thank @Joshua Dorkin for a terrific pro...
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Economists:It is said that there are 4 phases of a real estate cycle: (1) RECESSION (supply greatly exceeds demand and high vacancy rate); (2) RECOVERY (rental growth remains stagnant with little signs of new construc...
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Hi everyone,I am in the final year of my bachelor degree and would like to choose a real estate topic for my final thesis. I was wondering if anyone had ideas of research questions that would be helpful/relevant for p...
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Just listened to BP show #311 with guest J Scott (I know I'm late to the party). If you haven't had a chance to listen to it yet, you should. J talks about his 6 tips for REI in the current market. As someone who cons...
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I am a newbie to BP but just love all the content! I am interested in hearing how folks were impacted during the last down turn and actions you took. I know property values dropped tremendously but were there other ...