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Looking at making my first purchase. My long term goal is an extensive rental portfolio. I am targeting cheap section 8 just to get multiple units quickly BRRRR them and get cash flow coming in. Thoughts? Opinions? Su...
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Hi, I am a new member and want to be investor. I will need to be upsizing shortly as my wife and I will be having her mother and grandmother move in with us in the next 3 months or so. We have good equity in our cur...
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I have been managing family properties for many years as a side job. But I’ve decided to go all in at this point. I have been managing over 20 SFH and never had anyone teach me, I just went with my own thing. Property...
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Hello BP community!I was visiting the county assessor site for my first property because I was trying to learn how to determine depreciation. I saw something I need help with. In case this is germane to the explanatio...
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I read this quite often: 'should I self-manage my property or hire a professional property manager?'
It's understandable why many investors and/or accidental landlords would opt to simply self-manage. Among other con...
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Hi I’m a landlord. I have tenant who has been renting my SFH for the past 8 years. In the past, I have noticed he was installing security cameras in the front door, on the window in the living room facing outside, and...
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currently I have 3 properties (I live in one) . The way I've done it has been pretty elementary. When I've built up enough equity either by paying down the loan or the value has risen sufficiently I've done cash out ...
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Hello allI recently had a conversation with a co-worker who had just formed a 3 man LLC and financed their first purchase. Their largest challenge thus far was obtaining financing - so much so they hired a broker to h...
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I contacted Bonneville County in Idaho to take a look at properties that the county took possession of due to unpaid taxes and tried to purchase those properties. They gave me a list of properties that no one made an ...
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I've been considering whether to establish LLCs for a number of California rental properties (and maybe for some out of state). Establishing a CA LLC has some significant start up costs especially if an attorney gets ...