The 1% rule does not necessarily work in areas with high taxes. Investors in states/counties with high property taxes are finding this out the hard way.

I recently did some data crunching on Zillow's public datasets. I wanted to see what markets have both a relatively high rent-to-price ratio and high appreciation. I came up with this list:region-name:mean-appreciatio...

I recently received an offer to purchase a duplex I own.  The appraisal came back at roughly 65K less than asking.  When I look at the appraisal, I see that he struggled to find comparable properties in the area and e...

Hey BP!I am trying to do a cash out refi on a property (first time) and need advice, It seems like the interest rate is unreasonably high. I was expecting for it to be about .25 - .5 higher than current industry avera...

Executive Summary Project: Appraised Value: Name: C.T. INVESTMENT PROJECT As is $2.237MM Address: SEE NON – CIRCUMVENT AGREEMENT As completed: $2.53MM Loan...

How would you value this Note Scenario?

This is for a 100 unit apartment complex.

The Original Note Amount was : $2MM

The Approximate Note Balance is: $1.8MM

The Asking Price is: $1MM

Origination Date: 1/1/20...

Hello again,I am spending my Friday evening researching real estate markets.I have organized the states by low, moderate, or high property taxes. I hope this can be a useful quick reference to others.---As of 2020, th...

BP Experts - I've got my first motivated seller from direct mail campaign and I'm wondering if there's a way to unlock value from the situation.  The owner is retiring and moving to the Philippines, but I wouldn't cal...

I had an interesting phone call with a real estate agent today, well, interesting to me anyway.

There is an 8 family listing (City of Milwaukee) that caught my eye and I phoned her on it, she's not the listing agent....

I've been a broker for 7 years. I recently moved to a new market where rents are relatively high against low purchase prices. I am tempted to set up an LLC and offer investment opportunities to my clients back in Mass...