Rachel Steenland
Where should I buy my first rental
Hi guys! I’d love your help! I’ve lived in the USA for 5.5 years in San Francisco (4yrs) and I’m currently living in the Boston area (1.5yrs). As you know these are expensive areas to invest, so I’m looking to invest...
Jake Svirsky
Whats really considered a good deal?
When buying a house that you think has more value than what it's selling for, how much % cheaper is ideal for rentals?
Carrie Giordano
Diary of an Out of State SFH Rental -Northeast Ohio
I love reading the Deal Diaries on BP so I thought I would write my own. Hopefully, it will help others learn from my experience and avoid the mistakes I make (I'm sure there will be plenty!)This will be my third rent...
Roman Pak
Getting ready to do my first solo deal
Over the last several months I've spent a significant amount of time reading books, BP forums and almost anything I could get my hands on, to prep myself for my Real Estate journey.
I've finally lined up a ha...
David Wilhite
re: How to pay down mortgage quicker?
Ok so I know most everybody has heard about making biweekly mortgage payments in order to pay your mortgage down faster. Instead of making 12 monthly payments a year you make 26 half payments or 1 extra monthly paymen...
Nathan J.
Should Property Managers charge an additional fee to find tenants?
Hi all,It seems some property managers look to charge one months rent to find a tenant, on top of the 10% of rent collected. Is that normal? It seems that a property manager should be incentivised to keep tenants long...
Jonathan Weeks
What to do when you're approaching 'desperate'
Hey!I wanted to start this thread to get some insight as to what I should do about approaching that point that so many starting out do - The point when the fire to invest starts to dwindle as you approach information ...
Anton Ivanov
How I ran a direct mail campaign with 20% response rate & 4 sales
I recently shared my story about how I grew my rental portfolio to 35 rental units and $10k+ in monthly cash flow in about 5 years. Here is the link if you haven't see it.Part of my strategy lately has been doing smal...
Michael Tompkins
Looking for advice
So I am just getting started in real estate investing. I currently have approximately $100K in equity in my current home and can't decide what's the bast course of action to take. Should I sell it, do a cash out refi,...
Kevin L.
new member from china
Hi,I have been reading BP on and off for almost 2 years. I am a chinese based in Beijing, China. would like to invest in buy&hold SFR in Houston area. I had some luck buying some properties in Beijing when prices ...