Jason Varney
50% rule: How much vacancy factored in?
Hi all,
When analyzing a deal quickly before going into the actual numbers, the 50% rule is a good starting point. My question is, how much of a vacancy factor is allocated in this 50%? 10%? More? How would y...
Brian Wall
Just finished a rehab, Not an REO, Not a SS, In Los Angeles
Hey BP Nation!
It has been too long since I posted about one of my deals, but I just finished rehabbing the property (it is listed for sale now) and it was NOT an REO and NOT a short sale. I found by direct market...
Justin McElroy
Buying Property - What Comes first, Offer or Contractor Estimate?
Hey all,I am looking to make an offer on a 4 unit property that needs a lot of work. This will be my first investment property, and I have zero experience with estimating the cost of renovations. I've asked my lende...
Chase Cline
Pay Off Rental Property in 12 Months or Buy A 2nd Property Now?
Hi All - so my wife and I own a vacation rental property on the beach that is 100% self-sufficient and pays for itself out of it's own bank account (that I opened just for that property and any other we acquire). We ...
Tristan Wheelock
Newbie Analyzed a south Florida Triplex. Did he do it right?
Hi everyone! I'm new to the REI game. My plan is to buy and hold multiunit properties here in southern Sarasota County. I ran across a tenant occupied triplex listed at $225k. It's been on the market for 119 days so I...
Logan Boyter
Newbie from Shreveport, Louisiana
Hello everyone! My name's Logan Boyter and I'm a new 19 year old real estate investor in Shreveport, Louisiana. I'm not entirely sure why I got into real estate investing. I think it was because my brother and I we...
Sara Als.
Multi family res. investments
Hi everyone, I am new to this site but not to totally new to real estate. I wanted your expert opinions on multi family residential investments. In today's market, most of the multi family listings in my market of Atl...
Nicole Smith
Buying a short sale-advice needed!
My husband and I recently decided to make an offer on a short sale property. We submitted our offer on January 11th expecting full well to have to wait awhile to get any sort of response. We were notified on the 14th ...
Moisey Meyer
Ambitious young whipper-snapper
Hi, My name is Moisey,I'm 19, starting my career in consumer banking, and am very interested in real estate and self-improvement. I've been spending a lot of time and energy focusing on self-improvement and focusing o...
Brandon Elliott-Pandey
What EXCITES you the MOST about Investing in Real Estate?
Just curious, why are you investing in real estate? Is is for the freedom, passive income, wealth creation, bragging rights, to start a business/ real estate empire, or something else entirely?Let us know in the comme...