Jeffrey Sealy
Opinion on Buy & Holds in College Towns
Morning, Just wanted to get some opinions on how you all feel about buy & holds in college towns. I view these properties as MF even though they are technically SF. However, when renting to college students you ar...
Account Closed
Why is the "appreciation perpetuity" being ignored when valuing properties?
An investor who invests in a property with an 8 cap return for a hypothetical amount of $1,000,000 will earn $80,000/year in cash flow. IThe 8% return provides the investor a strong return which is about equal to ...
Scott Trench
Why Would Someone that Is Financially Savvy NOT House-Hack?
I'm curious. I have written extensively about how I "House-Hack" and live in one part of a duplex and have tenants rent out the other portion of that. They pay down the mortgage and allow me to live for free.For every...
Jeffrey Duck
Accepting a tenant with an eviction
I'm looking for my first tenants right now and had come to the conclusion that I wouldn't take ANYONE with an eviction, but I may break my own new rule.I've also decided that I want long term tenants and I'm not going...
Nick Taylor
Determined New Investor, Dallas
Hey BiggerPockets members! My name is Nick Taylor, I am currently 21 years old and have committed myself to becoming a real estate investor. I am currently looking into the DFW metroplex as I was born, raised, and als...
Minka Sha
Rent out for a negative cash flow vs sell house at a gain?
Which option would you pick, and WHY?? Also, if you can think of Option C, you are a rock-star! :)So, condo is 2 BR, 2 BA in North Pacific Beach area in San Diego, CA. Great location, walkable to the beach. I bought w...
Aaron Millis
College Degree Advice
Hi BP community,I am not really new to BP I have been involved for over a year now, listened to basically every podcast (many more than once), read a handful of the books, and actually purchased my first investment pr...
Account Closed
Ethics (not morals) and Loopholes. Which ones have you used and why?
With all the creative R/E investors here on BP lets chat and share about the loopholes you have used. Maybe loopholes is considered "taboo" to some so lets call them rules that seem to "favor" those educated (My new ...
Brian Gibbons
MHI SAFE Act comment letter filed with HUD March 1st
I thought I'd pass this along to the members of BP...
MHI filed the following comment letter today regarding HUD’s proposed rule on the SAFE Act.
The deadline for comments is this Friday, March 5th. Please fell fr...
Frederick Jones
How do you properly close on a sandwich lease option?
How do you close on a sandwich lease option without screwing up your option with the buyer. To make that question more clear, how do you close on a deal like this without the buyer finding out that he/she will be sub ...