The formula for cash-on-cash is cash flow divided by total cash invested (aka down payment). To my knowledge, it's primarily a single-annual indicator meaning the cash flow is annualized and only for one year, whereas...

I've been really intrigued by the Des Moines are real estate market for some time now. Cap rates look great, crime is low, and the city itself seems to be booming as of late.  Seems like a great market for cash flow t...

I am currently researching the different issues that investors have with contractors so I can come up with a solution to help resolve the issues. Can you please take a second and just give me a line or two on issues y...

Due to injury the "wife" (unmarried couple) was out of work for 3 weeks. The "husband" just emailed me. Injury occurred 3 weeks ago but they didnt inform me about paying late. They write. "We will be depositing as muc...

We have a new situation here that we’d greatly appreciate input on from the BP community… but first, anyone know a good lawyer to have on-hand for questions like these/cost?

We screened out many, many tenants that ...

Hi all, this is my first post on BP. I've been a long time lurker and my new year's resolution was to start posting on BP and actively participating in the discussion.

By way of an introduction, while new he...

I've heard a tremendous amount about using promotional 0% interest business credit cards to fund buy-and-hold investment deals. Dozens of podcasts & articles explaining the how-to's and the advantages of doing thi...

In an effort to be real, honest and fair, I will admit I can think of 3 key things I like about Obama.

1. Credit card reform legislation. This was smart and is, for reasons I don't understand, an underplayed bipart...

I decided to write a column about my own experience putting some of my investment properties on Airbnb, so that you too can learn from my mistakes, understand what a good rental requires, and learn some of the horrors...

I have been using booking.com and Airbnb mostly. People complain about booking.com cancellations. I have fixed that completely. 
Airbnb types are seeking cheap and deeply discounted. Booking.com people pay a premium...