Steven DeMarco
Advice on next REI
Hello, I'm hoping for some advice on how to proceed on my next step with REI. Currently, I rent with my SO in Salt Lake City, UT. We pay $2,150/mo. to rent a 3BD/2.5BA and our lease expires at the end of June, 2023 (w...
Brian Mackey
House Hack Realization...
Hey so I was thinking about something the other day. I currently House Hack, using AirBNB (Yes Covid has disrupted it a bit), but Pre-Covid I was covering the mortgage +1000's. This equates to $2400 a month on avera...
John Smith
1031 into the Seattle market ~ 2.5m in equity, suggestions?
Talk about a beginner post... I'm in charge of investing ~2.5m into real estate via 1031 in the next half-year, with the expectation of about a 10% return cash-on-cash. Buy and hold for a year minimum, stable properti...
Matt Liu
Fear of buying first property
Hi guys. I'm a 28 y/o beginning investor, and have been more than ready (intellectually, financially, etc) for almost a year now to buy my first property. I'm going to find and manage the deal, and my parents will hel...
Zach Covey
Live in duplex when starting out
Hey guys!I have decided I am going to learn all I can about real estate and take the plunge into a duplex (if I can find the right deal) in my local area of Madison, WI by Q3 2018. I have seen many say a great way to...
Daniel Mendez
Renters Insurance: How do you explain it to the tenant?
Good afternoon,I am renting out my first property and it seems like it is important for me to require renters insurance from the tenant.What would you say to a tenant as to why having renters insurance is a benefit to...
Arnold B. Guerrero
Is 3 month turnover beteen tenants normal
Hey all,I have and issue filling in my properties. I have (1) 4/plex, (1) single family, and (3) 2/plex in Milwaukee WI, and in all three types we are on average three to four months turnover between tenants. We are u...
Scott Po
Help me with my Analysis Paralysis
I would like to buy my first house and rent by the room, living in one of those rooms. I was preapproved in Nov for approximately 400k and this was for a VA loan. My salary is 100k, I have 60k cash, and I'm single.
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Shiloh Lundahl
Millionaire - RICH or Middle Class?
I have had a interesting discovery recently. At the end of last year, I was finishing updating my financials and I realized that my networth had reached over 1 million dollars. That had been one of my financial goals ...
Bryan Danger
Exit Strategy/What's your "number"?
I spend a bit of time reading and contributing to different forums... Real Estate, FIRE/Early Retirement, Sailing, Overlanding - and every time I come here to BP I'm left wondering why the discussions/goals I see on ...