Aaron Almquist
Difference Between Min Bid and Reserve
Does anyone know why the minimum bid allowed at an auction is not just the reserve price if they won't take anything less anyway? Seems like it just waste people's time or am I looking at this the wrong way
Marshall Shen
Financing with a large cash reserve
Hi BP community!I'm a first-time Real Estate investor, and I want to ask about the best way to go about financing during this time.I have a large cash reserve saved up, and I'm investigating a multi-family property cu...
Judy Zeng
Fannie Mae Multiple Property Reserves Needed
Hi Everyone,
I’m in process of doing a cash out refinancing on my primary (2 Family) home in order to purchase a (4 Family) investment property.
The loans are under Fannie Mae and I believe the lender is using manua...
Seth Peterson
Owner reserve as a tax deduction?
Hi guys. Just starting reading BP's 'The Book on Tax Strategies for the Savvy Real Estate Investor'. As a real estate investor I've got a question about the owner reserve paid to the property manager when signing a ne...
James Syed
Reserve for a single family rental
Hi everyone,
How much should capital reserve be for a single family rental when analyzing a purchase price? The house is about 50 years old in OK condition, 3 Bed, 2 Bath approx. 1500 sq. ft. I thought $1000 ...
Jennifer A.
Importance of inspections and reserves reinforced
Today was our scheduled semi-annual inspections of all of our rental properties. During the winter months we hire a local heating contractor that we do our business with to inspect the furnace. Every year. And, ...
Matt Schelberg
Replacement Reserves and Discounted Cash Flow
Frank Gallinelli's great book "What Every Real Estate Investor Needs to Know About Cash Flow" got me thinking about how to properly account for replacement reserves in rental properties. If we discount future rent...
Jonathan Caviness
Starting out with little reserve funds
My wife and I are just trying to get started house-hacking and I think we may have found a great opportunity. I'm 25 and she's 23. Since we are just starting out, we don't have much for a downpayment, and have only ...
Tony Velez
Buying property number 3 cash reserves?
Hi,We own our primary home and a triplex. Our mortgage broker said in order for us to buy another property.... we would need 25% down. Plus 6 months cash reserve for our primary home and our triplex. Does this sound r...
Richard Warren
Federal Reserve Announces New Mortgage Rules
The Fed announces new rules for mortage lenders:
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080714/fed_mortgage_crisis.html
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