Hey guys. I’m new here I have a question regarding your experience with loans for purchasing a short term rental property in Scottsdale Arizona. I currently live in CA and have a business here. My question is do most ...

Hi BP,

Recently I have increased my net worth (through my equity position on a property). In your opinion is having a higher net worth or using that equity to make another investment and temporarily decreasing your n...

Does a commercial build-out of offices in an office/retail space have any bearing on cap rate? For example, suppose I had an appraisal conducted with a proposed floor plan of a building I'm renovating after a fire wit...

I got a section 8 notice through stating that my Hap payment is $704

but tenant rent is $0.

Why have they reduced the tenant portion to $0 when it was previously $96 ?The rent is $800 and the tenant has...

As interest rates rise there will be decreased purchasing power. This automatically decreases the amount of house, duplex or whatever we can by (if a loan is required) based on the debt to income ratios that a bank of...

I've used TurboTax to do my taxes for several years now. Once the property basis is entered it's very easy.I have six rental properties, and two of them showed a loss on paper for 2018. The portfolio is net profitable...

Is there any merit to this? I find CoC return on real estate property is generally low already without leverage, not to mention with a leverage that will decrease the CoC return further. mayeb bank on appreciation?

As a commercial real estate operator, one of the most important things you need to focus on is increasing your net operating income (NOI). NOI is essentially the income that your property generates after all the opera...

The evolution of my passive investing strategy has changed over the past few years. As my education and confidence grew in the space, my strategy adjusted as well. In the following article, I will walk through some ...

I'm having trouble finding a definitive answer on this. Assuming I purchase a house with the intent to fix and flip in a 6 month window, do the carrying costs I pay increase my cost basis, such that my taxable profit ...