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How to Gage Economic Conditions
These are ways to determine economic conditions:
- Local Sales Tax Reports - paying close attention to the major factors affecting the major employers
- Auto sales - dig down to le...
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Good morning BP family. I hope everyone is realizing your RE investing goals. We are considering purchasing a 9 unit multifamily. All of the units are 1 bedroom. Historically we were discouraged from purchasing prop...
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So I have seen this meme going around Facebook for sometime and I have tried researching myself but can not come up with anything solid. So BP is there any merit in this or is this another misleading Facebook post?
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We are under contract on a tri-plex which the owner claims had meth use but was mitigated to state standards, in Colorado. Two of the three units appear to be fully updated, but the upstairs unit has not been updated ...
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Hello!
House hacking will be my fist investment option in real estate. I am a health care worker, I have little to no knowledge in real estate, I am here to learn. Any recommendation on best credit score for i...
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Background, I am currently in MT and am a full-time firefighter. I have been on BP for a very short time and have been listening to BP podcasts and trying to absorb as much info as possible. I have no RE experience. C...
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Today I asked ChatGPT a series of questions and gave it a long list prompt to spit out this market data. This is after quite a few attempts to make this a readable format. To be clear the data from CHATGPT is the same...
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Hi, all! I asked my lawyer about service and emotional support animals. This is what he said regarding fair housing.If an applicant or tenant wants to have a service animal or emotional support animal, the tenant must...
Given the future of commercial what are some ideas regarding repurposing of commercial.I'm working with a friend on a strip mall. Will be targeting Tennants that we know will be ok relative to the new normal. I.E. tak...
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I'm a Nor Cal RE newbie trying to get my first deal under my belt. FYI not an agent, and I appreciate in advance any well wishing lamentations of those who might strongly feel that I should become an agent after readi...