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Hello all,This is my first post on BP and I am excited to dive in. Thanks in advance to anyone who reads this or replies.I've been reading Frank Gallinelli's book What Every Real Estate Investor Needs to Know About Ca...
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Hello world!This week OpenAI announced the launch of its custom GPT functionality. I started one to help STR hosts (free to use):ChatGPT - STR Property Optimizer (openai.com)The focus is on discount pricing strategie...
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Real Estate “Enhanced ROI” Techniques
Summary of advanced techniques used in real estate transactions to enhance return on investment, yield and velocity of capital resulting in greater wealth
1. Sell a property w...
Because my lender (conventional mortgage through a bank) botched giving me the rate we had agreed upon (I have an e-mail to prove.), in order for me to close on time, I had to take the incorrect rate (lower rate, payi...
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Does anyone give a discount to their renters for paying in advance? I have yet to do this, but when I talk to friends and family that some of my tenants pay me 3 months at a time they always ask me if I give them a d...
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Not sure this is the right section but would appreciate your thoughts. For reasons immaterial to this question, another investor agreed to pay be $500 per month every month for 30 years. He will keep his word but, if ...
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I am negotiation on a property with sellers to create a note for $70k, 5% interest on a 30 yr amm, 10 year balloon. Property is a duplex in NE Ohio. Needs about $15k in repairs I will be doing this fall. After repa...
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Hello, A few months ago I wrote about how I was done procrastinating and ready to get in the game. Since then I have been viewing properties and today I saw one that I thing the numbers might make sense and I am ready...
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I bought a property in 2004. Later one of the renters wanted to buy it from me. I sold it to him via owner finance. Some years back he could no longer pay for the home and was moving away. I took the house back for...
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This is from page 98 in the book.Johnny owes you $10,000 -- interest rate is 10%, payment is $132.15, number of payments is 120.He's going to sell his house so he asks you for a discount if he pays it off now.You agre...