Lina Vezzani-Katano
Should I sell or keep?
Hi all, I'm in a conundrum and need smart suggestions.I currently rent out a 1 family house that is way below market value. The current rent barely pays for the monthly mortgage and I am scraping through to pay for pr...
Joe C.
My first deal-- Please help
Hello to all the great people on BP. I'm having trouble analyzing these properties in my area. I'm very nervous cause I don't want to mess this up, however I'm also exited and want to get started in REI.Here is an ex...
Jason Schmidt
Passive income in commercial real estate - how much?
I have my own business, but would like to work on diversifying a bit so I can have more passive income. We have no bills (aside from $3k a month for electricity, food, insurance, etc.) I think if I work hard over the...
Sanket Patke
need help analyzing a cash flow negative deal
Need some help evaluating rentability of my condo (current primary home): 2Bed2Bath condo in Burlington, MA. Average rent in the area is ~3100. If I was to rent it out I would break even or maybe even have a slightly ...
Andrew James
Finance a sheriff sale with hard money loan, then refinance
Hello - First time poster here. Eventually I'd like to get into real estate investing, but for now this is about financing my primary residence. I've done quite a bit of research on this deal, but there are gaps in ...
Davion Smith
Starting out in Multifamily property investing
Hi Everyone,I recently separated from the military and was planning to use my VA home loan to start my investment journey. I started a job that took me overseas right after I left got out of the service. I was hoping ...
AJ Wong
Property Insurance crisis will supercharge climate migration in 2025 and beyond
I've consistently written about the forces of nature and her current and future effects on the real estate market (even while often being ridiculed and politicized on this very site for it) regardless: I personally mo...
Nicholas Bravo
85% or less Rule? Minimum profit amount.
I'm confused and frustrated at the moment. I've been told that one should try to get the seller down to 85% or lower of the property value. So far no deals from that. I have gotten some skinny deals where I'm gonna ge...
Mathew Wray
private/hard money lending exit strategy question
Hi all,
I've been doing a lot of reading and research on finding other ways to buy and hold apartment properties. By other ways I mean outside of the traditional 25% down mortgages or commercial loans. So lets just p...
Eric La Pratt
Reverse Layout
I'm looking at rehabbing a legal 4-unit on the north side of Chicago in a class A neighborhood (Lincoln Square / Ravenswood) and the top floor rear egress is in a bedroom, making the bedroom not a legal bedroom but, r...