Wendell De Guzman
The Science of Finding Real Estate Deals
Finding deals is crucial to success in the life of a real estate investor. I've never met a successful real estate investor who has not made finding deals into a repeatable system. Maybe one can get lucky finding a go...
Raj Pat
Who thinks Bay Area CA price will increase or decrease in 2017??
Hello BP Family, Thank you for opening this post. I'd like to start an intelligent and informative discussion on our predictions for the Bay Area (South-Bay, SF, East-Bay and Peninsula) in 2017. Understanding prices h...
Kyle Neff
LLC - Must have or nice to have?
Hello BP Community! I am considering investing in both residential multifamily properties as well as some 5-15 unit complexes. Do I need an LLC when moving forward with a commercial property in that unit range, or is ...
Robert Freeborn
What will come from Texas Artic Vortex
I’m sure we’ve all seen many videos of ceilings collapsing, pipes bursting, and flooded floors coming out of Texas. Considering the uncertainty with the power grid, climate change, and likelihood or unlikelihood of t...
Cameron O'Connor
Don't pay your down principal early- Keep PMI and Flood Insurance
I’m a number guy. I spend countless hours on excel spreadsheets running ProFormas on every possible situation. I want to know what the BEST possible outcome is, WORST possible, projected actual outcome, forced appreci...
Mike Schorah
Is rental property investing forever doomed?
Rent growth has not kept the pace of home appreciation. - In the largest 588 cities in the U.S., the average (unweighted) cash-on-cash return is -6.5%. - Since the Great Recession 10 years ago, you got a growth rate o...
Jane Istre
Galveston/Crystal Beach Texas vacation rental investing
We are thinking of buying a rental beach house or bay side house in the Galveston / Crystal Beach area. Does anyone have some good information on the recent insurance ratings, building codes or any other news of pert...
Justin Badillo
Wholesale problems today
What’s the biggest issues with wholesaling in today’s market and how do you suppose it could be fixed?
James Masotti
First rental acquisition since joining BP
So historically I've been terrible at keeping these sort of deal diaries, but I'm hoping the BP community will help keep me honest...and updating. Back on February 22 I closed on my first rental property since joining...
Account Closed
401K or Not?
Hello all.....
I'm just about to buy my second multifamily property and one of the advices that my uncle gave me was to max out my 401k. Now, don't get me wrong, he owns a franchise and also has about four rental pro...