Hi, We are just starting out in this business. Starting with a friend who is a real estate agent. The plan is to start with flipping houses and then move on to rental properties. My question here is what kind of compa...
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The capitalization rate, or cap rate, is an invaluable metric that quantifies the expected rate of return on commercial investment properties, like apartment buildings. Real estate investors rely on cap rates to analy...
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If your rents are below market (say 10+%) and you’re doing a value add, do would you bring the them up to market in one move or spread it out over a couple of years?What would affect your decision? Would you act diffe...
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Hello everyone, I am on the brink of my making my first investment, a "house hack" strategy of buying a multi-plex, living in one unit, and renting out the other. I plan to use an FHA loan to finance my first purchas...
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I found my first deal and it looks great!! I have two 9,000 sqf commercial adjacent lots with a 3300 sqf church on one for 13,000 in west Texas. The building is structurally in good condition however I'd does need qui...
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I am currently located in a hot market right now (Nashville, TN), and there is a lot of new construction and development of large multifamily. Our business strategy is to find stable properties with value add compone...
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I have been doing research to set up a corporation. I think that an S-Corporation would be the best setup, but I see that no more than 25 percent of the gross corporate income may by derived from passive income. I als...
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Greetings!! My name is Janice R. Currently, I work as a math, special needs, and ESL teacher. I am certified both in NJ and NY states holding Masters' degrees. I live in the northern NJ, Hackensack area. FYI,...
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Hello BP community! I recently got plugged into the BP podcast by a mentor after I house-hacked my first SFH following my graduation from college. I love the content and valuable information presented on the BP podcas...
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How have you guys in the past on certain deals; determined whether a market that will have a new major employer moving into the area,(an example is the boon for residential and commercial real estate in Sparks Nevada ...