Rob Stein
Duplex Analysis - First Rental Property
Hello BP Community, thank you very much for reading. I am hopefully going to be acquiring my first rental unit, a duplex, shortly, presenting offer tomorrow. It's an interesting situation, explanation and analysis bel...
Navin Kumar
Is 80% ratio between expenses and rent too high ?
Hello,I've a deal that came across my table for which the expenses are 80% of the annual rent. What is the recommendation as per the 50% rule ? Should I avoid deals that have too high ratio of expenses and rent ?Pleas...
Mark Weinstock
First Time Home Buyers $8000 Tax Credit Dilemma ?
Trying to figure out what my best option is here's the situation
Own a small 3 2 home in south Florida in my name for almost 20yrs because I've owned for so long my taxes are extremely low around $800 a year.
All...
Rosston Smith
9 UNIT ANALYSIS (HELP)
Alright so I currently am in negotiations with a local property owner. Its an off market deal so I'm not in a huge hurry, but plan to make an offer within the next week or two. I have the numbers listed below. Things...
Jeffrey Magenes
Creating Leverage - Inexpensive Financing Sources?
Interest rates are extremely low and I want to take advantage of this as much as possible. I'm looking to create additional leverage through inexpensive, long term financing options to then reinvest into syndicated...
Eric Malone
Help me understand Heloc Refinance Repeat
Please explain how this works. Im looking to take out a heloc on my first first property and use it as a down payment on a rental property. What i dont understand and need help breaking down is im told to refinance th...
Shannon Vo
Buying first rental- plan on self managing but want to separate personal and business
Title says it all but I’m wondering how you all manage your properties with a business name? I think we would have trouble moving the property into an LLC. We want to remain pretty anonymous- don’t want tenants know...
Dane Moreton
Thoughts on current interest rates
I'm looking to get into my first property as an investor; specifically, a SFH rental. I have $40K for a downpayment, but, as this is an investment property, I am looking at 7.125% APR with 25% down, or 7.5% with 15% d...
Carey Flamer-Powell
[Calc Review] Help me analyze this deal. Newbie here :)
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Shawn C Steider
Hard to find financing on Property less than 100k!
Is it just me or is it extremely rare to find a conventional loan for about $50,000? I have been going to all the banks in my area, and all of the online banks available to me through bigger pockets and so far, not on...