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Would love to see more discussion of the status of the rental and housing markets in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Here is some positive news: 3RD QUARTER 2015 ALBUQUERQUE APARTMENT TRENDS EFFECTIVE RENT$754OCCUPANCY95.1%...
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We looked at 2 houses today.
The first one:
One was a very small (780 sq ft) 3 bedroom. Build 1940's. The living room was tiny...12 x 11. Then 3 small bedrooms - 12 x 11, 10 x 9 and 10 x 8 and 1 bath. Beautiful new...
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Section 8 sounds like a good way to go for rental properties, since the rent checks come from the government. So how do you set up a unit for Section 8? Do you have to register it or have it inspected? Are there any d...
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For YEARS have I been trying to make people understand the simple concept of motivated sellers.
No matter how logic, or obvious the posts, people simply can't absorb it.
What they currently know about marketing simp...
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Hey, my name is Cody Mortensen. I started reading Brandon's book on Rental Property Investment, then started listening to the podcast so I thought I'd get started on Bigger Pockets. I'm recently graduated from BYU, ...
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Hey everyone, I'm a newbie here looking to get more involved into the real estate game. With interest rates so skyhigh, makes me wonder if there are some drops coming in home prices. Hopefully allowing me to become a ...
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I need advice. We are closing on our first investment property in 1 week and we already have a renter lined up! The guys is military and will sign an 18 month lease. Expected monthly cash flow is $290 (after PITI,...
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So I’ve run the numbers on the airdna website for a property that caught my eye… What came back blew me away. It’s a 16% cap rate, NOI of $50,000, gross income of 96k. 87 % occupancy rate, $154 a night. If this data ...
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Part of analyzing a deal is having an understanding of the fixed costs that come with doing that deal. BiggerPockets Blog contributor, J. Scott wrote an incredible article to spell out the details for anyone interest...
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Hi everyone, this is my first post here and brand new investor. We have been looking for about a year for a 2 or 3 family in our strong market in Mass. We have finally found a great 2 family option but now in the mids...