Phillip Raetz
Using a real estate agent in your wholesale deals, how do you pay them?
I am starting my business and I am going to use a real estate agent so they can give me comps on the MLS. How do I pay them? Do I give them a commission of my profit and they just get paid through escrow?
Nick Weidner
50% Rule / 1% - 2% Rule
Disclaimer... New Investor, purchased my first duplex this past Sept. Now to my question:I understand the 50% rule and the 1% / 2% rule, what amount to you apply the rule? For example if you purchase a property for...
Tom Murphy
Advice for opportunity
Hi all,I'm looking for opinions and advice.I was recently approached about becoming an investor in some properties. I have never owned a home or participated in any real estate ventures. I am a W-2 employee who makes ...
Matt Fisher
For Rent-NEW HOMES-seeking advertizing advice
I've recently completed building 3 houses in Des Moines, IA but I'm getting very little interest in them. They are priced competatively, and a floorplan that has worked great in other nearby markets. My other rental...
Jason Teague
Cash Boot on a 1031 exchange
I have a tax basis of $150,000 on a rental property that I am selling. I am under contract to sell the property for $215,000, of which after closing, I will realized $200,000. I have no debt on the property, I own i...
Eric Fitzgerald
Ways You Increase Revenue in Your Properties?
All,I'm interested to hear any strategies or methods you use to increase revenue. I work for a local investor, and we are brainstorming ways to increase cash flow and revenue in his student housing properties.We are o...
Daniel B.
Resource for Corporate Structure Advice
Hi all, my partner and I plan to grow our current portfolio of 5 units to roughly 25 units over the next 5 years and would like to figure out what the best structure would be to hold the properties from both a liabilt...
Steve Theobald
Utah: "non-disclosure" state. Good for owners, bad for Zillow
See my BP blog posthttps://www.biggerpockets.com/blogs/8070/51492-why-is-zillow-so-far-off-in-utah-what-is-a-non-disclosure-stateZillow is a great "first pass" data tool, but it is negatively impacted by Utah's status...
Melissa Harris
Can I use the rental income if I bought a 4 unit with FHA?
I am getting pulled in all kinds of directions with really knowing if I can purchase a 4 unit as my primary residence with a FHA loan and be able to use the rental income as part of my DTI? Has anyone done this recent...
George P.
When the lease is up and the tenant is staying
Do you make the tenant sign the same lease contract they signed when they moved in? Or some other document that would state that the lease is extended for another two years blah-blah.
Thank you