Bill Ward
Petrodollar and dollar crash an issue?
Just been hearing about this lately. So to those smarter than me, is this dollar crashing a likely thing to be happening now and is it relevant to property values? I'm about to sell my rental (unrelated) and not sure ...
Ramesh Seshadri
How to project cash flow for an auctioned property
Hello,I am looking to purchase an investment home ($425k) currently in foreclosure and am planning to pay using a hard money loan at 8% interest. My plan is to put it up as a long-term rental after doing some updates ...
Shafi Noss
Tax Questions: What are the Tax Benefits for Passive Investors?
Hi everyone, I've been trying to puzzle through the tax situation for passive investors and thought I'd ask you all for help.
It seems like the main incentives are depreciation and capital gains. An LP using depreci...
Najat F Kessler
What rate for 30y mortgage w/25% down 420K invest proper 3units
This is my first post here so please be gentle :D I am looking to buy my first investment property. A 3 units multifamily at 420K, brings in over $3700/month. I got 5.99 as a rate for a 30 years mortgage. Should I sh...
Victor Hugo Acevedo
Cash-out Refinance vs HELOC at such low rates!
Hello BP Family,
I am interested in hearing your thoughts (possibly even using as a recommendation) regarding the option of doing a cash-out refinance on my primary residence or refinancing and taking out a HELOC?
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Account Closed
Potential tenant with late payment history
Would you rent to a prospective tenant who has a history of late payments? From the landlord reference, I discovered that he made 3 late payments in the past year. Each late payment was collected within 1-3 days (af...
Bob Houston
Tenant "may not be able to pay rent"
Lease is going to expire next month.
Got a text asking us to lower rent. We said we would not raise it, even though taxes went way up.
They said they are not sure if they can continue to make rent (guy lost his job ...
Tony Sepassi
Need some advice on investing 400k to 500K
Hi Guys,It has been awhile since I have posted, been a busy 3 years. Started flipping and now I'm on my 4th flip a big property in DC. Found some solid contractors and I have learned so much. Now I'm thinking, I ha...
Timothy OReilly
Setting the foundation to start investing, need some advice
Hello BP!I am not new to the real estate world but I am not a grizzled vet either. I want to start acquiring properties for buy and hold purposes and would like some advice on how to lay the groundwork now before I go...
Vance Sander
Raising Rent vs Losing Tenants - Advice on avoiding fear pls
Hi -I have an upper end condo in Los Angeles that rents towards the top of the market. I'm always concerned about raising the rent as the transaction costs in time & money are severe to lose the tenants - since i...