Lee London
Multi-Family Cost Dataset
Hi everyone,This is my first post here, and I have read the forums some time. I currently have two rentals, and I want to move into multi-family apartments in the Seattle area. I am a data nerd, and I am looking f...
Phil Sharp
Which geographies to invest in for buy-and-hold
I am from the San Francisco bay area, where prices make buy-and-hold investing very challenging. I am interested in investing out of state, in locations where it is more practical to find stuff that can become cash f...
Josh Stack
How do you assess the "Path of Progress" for a city?
Evening BP!I hear the 'Path of Progress" discussed on the podcast regularly and often. It's usually vaguely defined or even just alluded to without much in the way of specifics but I take it to mean the geographical ...
Robert Niosi
Deal analysis
Hi BP,
Here is a message I received from a seller I'm talking to:
"There may be a way we both can get sort of what we want.
You need your money to fix the place up so income is higher and expenses are lower.
And the...
Willow Baum
What Precautions Can a Landlord Take to Protect Themselves against the instance a Tenant-occupied Property Becomes Uninhabitable Due to a Costly Repair that Far Outpaces Annual Rental Income?
Let's say a sewer system for a single-family, low-income rental house in an economically depressed area of NY State, dies. Let's say the hypothetical repair costs $20,000, and monthly rents are $750. Let's say, for c...
Mindy Jensen
BP Podcast 274: 3 Rules Paul Morris Uses to Never Lose Money
What rules govern your real estate investing strategy? For most, it’s a tough question to answer. But not for today’s guest, Paul Morris. Paul, co-author of the bestselling Wealth Can’t Wait, has been investing in rea...
Emma Hustis
How do I analyze a Self Storage Deal?
I am talking to an off market seller of a 120(ish) storage unit facility in Bonner's Ferry, Idaho (near where I live). I have the numbers for the business, but don't know how to value something like this. Who has some...
Ty Moffett
lease options / addendum / realtors!
I recently purchased a course on lease options that came with a number of legal documents including a purchase contract, lease agreement, and an option agreement.
I'm happy with the course but I'm...
Benjamin Summers
An Introduction to Option Strategies in Real Estate
One of most prolific and powerful tools of “creative” finance in real estate is the lease-option, but this tool represents only the proverbial tip of the iceberg when it comes to the most powerful breed of derivatives...
Jordan Futch
Two words that don't go together: California and Cashflow
Where in California are people having the most luck finding cashflowing properties? I'm in the central coast and it seems as the costs are simply too expensive to make the numbers work.-jordan