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Hello BP community I'm just starting out on my journey and I am interested in investing in rental properties including vacation rentals. I have read "the book on rental property investing" and a few other books as wel...
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Hi BP community,Im a first time home buyer and I need some advise on where to start with seeking a conventional loan. My girlfriend and I are planning to buy a MF in either cape coral or port charlotte. We'd like to ...
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calculating the ARV using similar sold comps; 1). Price on sold home/sqft = $X p/sqft 2). Finding the Average $/sqft for each sold comp3). Comps Average $/sqft x my properties sqft = ARV estimate 4). Finding the targe...
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The National Association of Realtors (NAR) is trying to explain why their 4 year average for resale homes is off by close to a million homes. This is another indication that there needs to be outside checks and balanc...
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Has anyone ever built storage units from ground up? I bought a property this spring that came with an extra lot, its all zoned commercial so I have been thinking about building storage units on it. I am wondering if i...
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Hey everyone, I'm looking at a property in a low-income / industrial area this area is not crime-riddled or anything it's just kinda run down a lot of trailers and open land outside of Jacksonville the average home va...
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Hi Community,I'm a new investor here looking to get into my first park. I've been sniffing around for a couple months and think I've found a couple interesting ones I'm trying to decide between. Neither is a home-run,...
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I'm retiring from my current occupation early November. I'll be obtaining my real estate license at that time and going head first. I have a few investment properties, so not completely ignorant to real estate, but ...
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I’m checking out areas to 10-31 into. I’d like to hear what all the fine people on here do in terms of due dIllIgence when they consider investing in a new area. (Job/employment data, building going on, etc).
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Hi! We are finding Pro Analyst to be clunky and not intuitive at all. Are there other programs you recommend for analyzing commercial deals? Thanks!