Charity Chavez
San Diego Bans Source of Income Discrimination - 3rd party payers
SAN DIEGO LANDLORDS! Are you aware you can't reject an applicant for having a 3rd party payer? As of August 2018 the City of San Diego has made it illegal to discriminate based on source of income.https://nlihc.org/ar...
Christopher Alan Rush
Finding Deals that make sense
Hi all,
I took a break from looking at anything the last few months and see that nothings changed in the last year or so in terms of, not being able to make the numbers work for anything. Specifically for SFHs and 2...
Tina Mendoza
New Member Introduction
Hello fellow BP members: I joined last month, but I had not been able to login until today. I fixed it today. Happy to make your acquaintance. David thought I was inactive at BP, actually, since, I could not log i...
Greg Tawes
Vacant Lots and Replacing Older Units
I have a question, I'm looking at a small park in a rural market (maybe 30 lots). There are about 15 vacant lots and 15 with mobile homes. Do you ever have to bring in the homes yourself for spec? Do you buy them a...
Mike Adams
Making #'s work in Jersey City & Hoboken
I am new to this a bit, so I know I am still learning the ropes. However, it seems hard to find any property with 6+ units in Jersey City or Hoboken where the #'s work. Example. One 9 unit building in Hoboken is 2....
Mike Neyman
Is newspaper advertising cost effective?
I have not had very good results from placing classified ads in newspapers and wanted to see if others have found it to be cost effective?
I'm mostly interested in results from "for sale" classifieds.
Is it worth th...
Manny Rana
Propety Tax - Taxable Value
Hi Everyone,A few months back, I closed on a 2-unit in West Village and this week I got the notice from the Board of Assessors in regards to the new taxable value on the property. I was expecting an increase, but I w...
Jon Rusnak
Lets Defeat Analysis Paralysis Together
Hey BP - I've found myself stuck in analysis paralysis and need your help to get out! I am, a dedicated, hard working 32 year old with a passion for real estate but not a single investment property. As members of BP...
Alicia Gates
To Keep an inherited tenant or ask seller to remove?
We're looking at purchasing a SFH in our area, and it currently rents for $650, but market rents are $850-900 in the area. The house looks to be in decent shape, but there does seem to be some cosmetic items to be fi...
Terri B.
Uncapping Property Taxes
An obstacle I'm running into with building my portfolio after analyzing a potential deal is the very high property taxes, particularly on properties that have been owned a long time by the previous owner. Im.not certa...