Robert Frazier
The morality of short term rentals
This is just a question I’ve been wondering as we deal with a huge housing crisis in our city.is it moral to convert properties to short term rentals in a city with a deep housing crisis?if a city has 500 units conver...
Jonathan Pflueger
Up Votes - Etiquette and do They Really Matter?
I have been wondering about this topic for a while now. How much do up-votes matter on BiggerPockets? How much do they matter to you? Is there any etiquette when deciding to cast an up-vote or not? Ideally, I want to ...
Frankie Woods
"Grim" Affordable Housing Study by Harvard. An opportunity?
A new study was conducted by Harvard analyzing the impact of decades of housing policies that disincentive affordable housing. Declining inventory of affordable housing are preventing first time homebuyers from purch...
Morgan Burum
Downtown Vacant Buildings
I am currently looking for a property to update. I've been looking at alot of downtown properties, but I dont' know where to get information on them. Alot of them look abandoned and need alot of cosmetic work. But I t...
Joseph M.
Will more stock investors invest in real estate?
This article posted on the Wall St. Journal site was interesting.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324761004578282240778834074.html
It talks about people losing interest in stocks. It doesn't mention t...
Bob Faulis
$150MM mixed use under way after being broken 20 years, $10MM away
Diary entry One- I just spent a month doing the due diligence, aligning the management team, developing relationship with key players (particularly the lender), and I am almost there. Well, .. . . was almost there. ...
Account Closed
Adding ADU to fourplex in California
So apparently the ADU law (SB 1069) in California allows the addition of an ADU to a fourplex.Does anyone know if conventional lenders will still consider this to be a residential property?(Is it still a fourplex?)If ...
Lin Ding
Negotiate price reduction near closing (today's market)
Hi BP community I'm under contract for a couple of months now. I found this house I like in an expensive market that I'm moving to in September. FYI This 2-family I'm going to househack and rent out the rent. At that ...
Dominic Bailey
Are IUL insurance plans a scam?
I recently signed up for iul. However now I'm hearing stories that they may be a scam or some type of pyramid scheme. Does anyone have any experience with them
Jay Hinrichs
Wholesaling and the equitable interest theory
I just completed my CE for my mortgage bankers license here in Oregon today.what I found interesting and wanted to share is there was a module on license requirements as it relates to selling real estate.State of Oreg...