I am interested in investing in a coin or card operated laundry but have some very basic questions:- What are the reliable resources to find available businesses? Google comes up with loop.net and bizbuysell.com. - Ar...

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We're about 17 months into a 2 year lease on a condo. After moving in, we found that the windows are very difficult to open - I think from the condo settling and causing the windows to bind against the window fram...

To my BP family,When I am running my pro forma on a potential investment property, I always get stuck on whether or not my expense numbers are correct. I can accurately estimate utility costs as most util companies ha...

I understand that the cap rate is NOI/Purchase price. My question is - what is included in the purchase price?. Should it be the purchase price plus any acquisition cost?

What other costs can be added here that an investor faces, and for which there is not always enough capital
property management fees?maintenance?insurance?property taxes? utilities?recurring expenses?

Below is text from my tenant as of Aug 10 (they are moving out Aug 25).  This is after him not "allowing" us to enter to show the house the last two weeks due to them getting ready and the house in disarray. It would ...

Hello all!I am looking to purchase a 2 unit investment property. I wanted to know what is the best time to ask for the financials of the house such as the operating expense that the landlord pays and rent receipts? Do...

Hi, i am in a mid-sized town in Arkansas. I currently own a duplex and 5 rental homes around town. We bought our first rent house almost 2 years ago now. It was a bank foreclosure. Appraised at 60, paid 30. We used eq...

 I’m looking at a 7 unit building . does the vacancy rate and repairs go into evaluating the cap rate , or is it just income versus debt ?
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My parents bought a house 10 years ago before the bubble.  They bought it for $180k.  They rented it for 10 years.  Now they sold it for $195k.  What is the capital gains?