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Kevin Lunt Who inspired you to get into real estate?
17 December 2010 | 96 replies

Was it a big name and/or guru like Carleton Sheets, Donald Trump or Robert Kiyosaki or was it your parents, an uncle, a college buddy?

(Seeing as I'm new here; I apologize if this has been discussed before.)

Terry A. Consistently being blown off by REA's
23 July 2020 | 42 replies

We are just starting out in our journey to buy rental properties.  We have ran into numerous Real Estate Agents who just really do not care about doing business with us.  Is this a common theme or are we doing somethi...

Brandon Turner One of my units got destroyed last night in a flood. What do I do now?
8 January 2015 | 75 replies

yep, about a foot of water in my basement apartment in my triplex. Called the flood insurance company, but my deductible is fairly high ($5k) so I'm looking to still do this cleanup on the cheap. Anybody have any good...

Andrew Merritt Accumulating Rental Properties
5 April 2017 | 41 replies

I'm working on finding a rental property as my first deal.  For right now, I'm focusing on pretty much turn-key properties.  If I stick with this and spend all of my money allocated for real estate on this first prope...

Bradley​ Lobo What are reasonable bathroom remodeling costs?
21 June 2023 | 66 replies

Hi there,My wife and I recently bought a house in the King of Prussia area in Pennsylvania. I'm not familiar with bathroom remodel estimates and am trying to get a better sense of how much we should be anticipating sp...

Shawn M. DEBATE: Cash Flow vs Cash on Cash return
23 December 2013 | 49 replies

When evaluating a property what do you look for:

High Cashflow?

Example: $74,000 house rents for $900 month, buy with all cash gives you a 9% Cash on Cash return and a $587/mo cash-flow.

or

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Account Closed When buying rentals - Is Cash flow your only consideration
26 May 2011 | 65 replies

When purchasing real estate as a rental. Most of us will spend a considerable amount of time to insure that it cash flows. Not so many years ago I ran into investors that paid much less attention to cash flow and th...

Gregory Schwartz Boring Buy and Hold Investors
2 October 2024 | 71 replies

Where are all my boring investors at? Does anyone else prefer good old buy-and-hold long-term rentals?
20-25% down, duplex, break even on cashflow in a promising area. That's what gets me excited. 
I've done major r...

Jay Hinrichs The 2% rule kills values
21 October 2017 | 211 replies

As one who had never heard of the 2% rule or 1% or any of the other terminology that floats around BP,, I just became aware of the 2% rule. I was talking with a fellow from Oregon who was lamenting that there are no 2...

Diane G. I want to wait for the next buying opportunity
25 July 2018 | 212 replies

I am thinking I won't have to wait for more than 1-2 years... Your thoughts?Most of my coworkers, especially those in the early 30s, have bought and have a mortgage that is $10K in monthly PITI... Tough.....Any job lo...