Frankie Woods
"Grim" Affordable Housing Study by Harvard. An opportunity?
A new study was conducted by Harvard analyzing the impact of decades of housing policies that disincentive affordable housing. Declining inventory of affordable housing are preventing first time homebuyers from purch...
Joe Kim
Out of State Investing - NEW and IMPROVED
I recently had a post "Out of State Investing-SCAM! False promise land of cash flow".https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/88/topics/351...I may have given the wrong message that out of state investing is not a good wa...
Sean T.
Obama and Immigration on REI
Let's for a moment take the politics out of the plan to allow 4million immigrants to stay here per executive order. I don't want to debate the left or right. I know we all have opinions and most are quite strong eit...
Joshua Hollandsworth
Rehab Costs on a 10k house
I see more and more investors buying 10k SFR's in low-income areas. They put 5k-7k into rehabbing the house, and renting it to Section 8 for a nice, consistent ROI. I personally know 3 people who do this. They actuall...
David Hanson
How much cash flow and cap rate is enough?
Need some advice. I'm looking at a 12 unit property that IMHO is overpriced because it breaks even ($0 cash flow) after all expenses and debt service (1.0 DSCR). Cap rate is 5.8% which doesn't seem too bad. I'm try...
Grand Wally
Eviction question
I'm pretty sure I'm about to evict a tenant....
What can I do to safeguard any potential theft/vandalism in between the time I notify the tenant I'm going to evict them and when the sheriff shows up (maybe 1 week)....
Joshua Feit
Would you hit this one?
What's up BP!I have a deal that's mine for the taking. It has some distinct positives, and some major negatives. I'm looking for your quick input -- would you go for this one? Yes? No? Bonus points if you give your 1-...
Kyle Perry
South Bend, IN Looking to network
I am looking to get together with other investors in the South Bend, Indiana area. (South Bend, Mishawaka, Elkhart, Goshen) I am a new investor and would love to network and share ideas with other local investors. If ...
Gunnar Teltow
First two deals under the belt!
I'm reluctant to post this under "Success Stories" since the jury is still out! However, it's a success story in that the BP community has motivated me to finally jump into real estate and make things happen. So th...
Karthik Ramachandran
How to think about location?
Hi, I am interested in purchasing a MFH and this will be my first MFH. Looking at 15-25 units, purchase price of 1-1.5M, Property Class B or C (prefer B). I live in Portland, but open to buying MFH in other locations....