An interesting article on Indianapolis real estate, specifically downtown (see link below).  Interesting data points include.Downtown occupancy is 94.7 percent. Most apartment complexes are close to full occupancy.Do...

Let's say I was doing a search for a topic like "lease option" and I wanted to find the posts and/or threads with the highest number of votes, replies or some other measure of "popularity".Is there a way to do this?

Hello, I would like to start out by saying I have a strong passion for real estate investing but at this point I have just really started out. Im 21 years old and I have purchased two rental properties at this point. ...

Hi BP, I am looking to benchmark operating expenses for a portfolio of large apartment complexes throughout Texas, specifically in the Houston, Fort Worth and and San Antonio markets. The portfolio in question is a se...

I was wondering if anyone here has any resources for how to put together either a proforma and/or an investment offering package.

Little background, I'm an architect with two single family properties each zoned for ...

Hey BP,This is somewhat of an obscure topic, but I am confident that someone out there has come across this before and can shed some light:Subject property has a duplex, cell phone antenna tower AND utility company po...

Hi all,Has anyone here ran a calculation of your return on equity?  To do so, you take the current cash flow and you divide that by equity you have in your RE. So your personal home has little to no ROE.  Right?  It i...

Hi,I am considering investing on a multi-family syndication with Viking Capital. Looks like they have done around 25 syndications worth $800M in property value. Founders are Vikram Raya and Ravi Gupta. If you have had...

Do you guys build your own models or have you guys had any luck downloading some? Either models are too complex, or they're overly simplified. I'm all for DIY but wanted to explore this first. 

Hi everyone,I am fully aware of the BP calculators (which are awesome), but as I am a finance person and like to see things being calculated in excel (or a platform with greater granularity), do you have any financial...