Scott Choppin
Apartment Financial Underwriting - Part 1 of a 2 Part Series
In a few recent conversations with different folks, it has come up how they are calculating financial performance on multi-family projects. I feel the need to write an article on this, since in many of these conversat...
Shaun Anderson
Outsourcing Property Management
My realtor has suggested possibly outsourcing the property management or properties, maybe larger ones.
Has anyone had experience with this and what are the pros/cons?
Alain Haug
Looking for "Full Service" Turnkey Provider
We are a couple living in Switzerland (My wife is a US citizen, I am Swiss), eager to purchase our first rental property in the US. Since we are kind of the "super out of state investors" we are looking for a TK compa...
Adam Johnson
Self-Directed Loan Legalities
A friend of mine and I plan on rolling over old 401k's into self-directed IRA's. We then plan to loan each other money, and use that money to flip houses.So, I loan 80k to him, he loans 80k to me....we have 160k to bu...
Louis Roggeman
Raising rent!
Hey guys! So my partner and I found a place that we think we like. It's a 4 unit in Dunmore PA. All the units are rented, but the rents are about $100 less than where they should be. Does anyone have experience with b...
Justin R.
Advertise for Military Tenants
Hello All. I just finished a renovation of a 18 unit apartment complex that happens to be near a few military installations. As a veteran myself, I would love to offer military and families a discounted rate, and a re...
George Gammon
Property Manager Suggestions Kansas City
I have several single family rentals in the Kansas City area. Looking for a new PM that prioritizes communication and diligent maintenance work. My current PM struggles heavily in these areas and it's cost me far to...
AJ Wong
Looking beyond the border for investment opportunity...
As a realtor, investor and 'developer' on the Pacific Coast, I sold several properties at or close to 'peak' pandemic boom in March.
Since we felt that the timing for re-investment was not ideal, my fiancé and I dec...
Jimmy Cooper
How much is a SoCal ADU?
Hey Gang! This seems like an appropriate question for the forums. How much do ADUs cost from start to finish? I think this question is dependent on a few factors. 1. Contractor 2. Local City Requirements 3. Time and M...
Darby Smith
Commissions to realtors and how you pay them
"Industry standard" seems to be that you pay a percentage of the total lease to the realtor that found the tenant, for the full term of the lease, and that is paid up front.
Why? Why do we do this?
Most of our prop...