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Parker Ludlow Imrie Bay Area rookie seeking house-hack guidance
24 August 2021 | 16 replies

My wife and I live and work in the San Francisco Bay Area, have roots here, and plan to stay.  (Great place for a rookie to cut his REI teeth, right?)  We are about to sell our SFH (not a profitable rental), which sho...

Stephen Dunker House Hacking Advice Wanted
7 October 2021 | 8 replies

Hello BP Community, 
My name is Stephen Dunker. I am a 25 year old design engineer in Cincinnati, Ohio working towards my PE. I closed on a property in June and am currently house hacking. I will be fixing up a two-b...

David Nacco How do you handle reserves on your rentals?
4 August 2019 | 5 replies

So this is a total newbie question but how do you guys handle your reserves? On a rental that’s renting 1500 a month and saving 15% ($225, 5% capex, 5% maintenance, 5% vacancy) it just seems low to me. Am I just being...

Uwe K. "Evictions ok" type ads?
9 October 2012 | 12 replies

This occupied my mind all day yesterday:
Probably every major city has some kind of free weekly magazines, full of ads, masked as a TV program, and targeted at the African American community, often lower income range....

Zach Liu Need some advise about financing options going forward
29 January 2015 | 7 replies

I am a starting buy and hold investor and I bought my first rental property last October. Got it rented out last December and it looks good now. So I am ready to move forward and acquire more. I talked with a mortgage...

Elliott Fisher Curious people's difficulties in managing portfolio
20 December 2021 | 15 replies

Hi BP community, I'm Elliott. I live in NYC and remotely manage three SFH properties in TN. I handle all tenant & repairs mgmt, accounting & cash needs of the business. I use over 6 different software tools - ...

Ted Bloomfield Renting to Seller after short sale - do you need to have them leave the house first?
29 November 2009 | 16 replies

I have an offer approved for a short sale and am just waiting for the final paperwork. The seller wants to stay on in the house and I have no problem with that, The bank contract says they must leave. How earnest a...

Tyler Piciullo Looking to buy my first deal (need help with numbers)
8 February 2022 | 10 replies

Guys I am looking to purchase my first deal. I have saved up plenty of capital and now the education is just holding me back. Ideally I am looking for something that cash flows.

1. What advice would you give a bran...

Cheng Bin Zhang The Slow House Hack: Real Estate Investing in Greater Boston
7 September 2021 | 4 replies

2020 will forever be marked as a “watershed” moment for many millennials. From the rise in e-commerce to work from home, the pandemic accelerated our lives by decades. Millennials, which constitute the largest segmen...

Sean Williams Need Advise on Subject-To Deal Structure (or any other ideas)
17 February 2024 | 10 replies

I have seller with the following situation:$240,000 single family house$165,000 balance due on mortgage ($159k balance + $6k in past due pmts)$950/month (PITI) is the current mortgage payment @ 3.875%$1,400/month Mark...