Matt Skinner
Know Thy Cap Rate: The illusive obvious in apartment investing.
Know Thy Cap Rate: The illusive obvious.For some reason cap rates seem to be the most misunderstood term (ratio actually) in all of real estate. I often get asked by new investors what a cap rate is and what does it...
Anton Ermolaev
What are the best tools for rental comps?
Since Zillow discontinued it's support for rental comps analyzer, I am wondering, what tools are available out there? How do you run your comps?
Scott Gray
Looking to FLIP with my exit strategy of living in the house myself
I found what might be my first "deal". My wife and I both like the location and the style of the house.It needs a lot of cosmetic work but has good bones. It does not meet any fundamental rule I have read on BP or e...
Han Oh
How to accurately make adjustments to comparables to determine ARV
Hello BP,I was looking at some real ways to practice estimating ARV and repair costs and I thought what better way than to find below market priced listings and use them for my analysis. In the process, I stumbled upo...
Monika Haebich
Vacation rental data
Hi everyone! I'm in the process of putting together the first of a quarterly industry report on vacation rental data, and I wanted to know what data you'd like to see. Right now the report will cover Industry occupanc...
Jason Bourne
Critical Situation Forced me to Join
Hello everyone, I am new here, Obviously :-) I don't want to get into extreme detail on how I am in my situation, but I will give you everything you need to know. I am a founding team member of an enterprise software ...
Hal Cranmer
Valuing Property
I was wondering how investors are valuing property these days? I have a realtor send me listings of properties that I am looking to rehab, but I just don't have a great idea of what is a good deal or not - other than...
Jim Wineinger
Water heaters
TANKLESS water heaters
I saw this topic from almost a year ago. It was deemed then as not yet being worth it.
What is the update from those that have tried it. Is it really almost maint free and...
Scott K.
How to write SEO Optimized Airbnb Captions/Descriptions?
Its come to light that airbnb and vrbo use pretty aggressive SEO algorithms to put some listings higher than others. Do we have any personal knowledge, or articles, or data to try and figure out how to optimize our li...
Andrew Bosworth
Deal or No Deal - 7 unit residental property in Central PA
Looking for BP feedback on a potential property:7 unit property near Harrisburg, PA. Currently vacant, in need of some updates and renovations.Purchase price: $160,000 Renovations: $50,000 Closing costs: $7,000 Mont...