Carey Green
Analyzing apt complex - how 2 acct for depreciation expnese
I'm looking at the P&L for an apartment complex I'm considering as an opportunity to bring private money investors into - however, this is my first time doing a deal this size and I'm curious what I should do in m...
James Paine
The Everything Store - Book Review
The Everything Store by Brad Stone - Takeaways from the book! James’s Intro 9th book of the year out of my goal of 52 this year. For me this book had a lot of little takeaways so I’ll just list them out in no order....
Aksel A.
Investing in Boston during a sellers' market
Done deal! I am sharing my experience here with the rest of the community. After over a year of tenacious searches, analyses, and offers, yesterday August 1st 2017 turned out to be the closing day on my 1st owner occu...
Rachel Stewart
Large down payment - why is this difficult?
I have an interesting issue - I hope this is the right place to post. I have access to private funding (parents) but we don't know how to structure it so I'm the only one on the loan/deed. It needs to be an non-owner ...
Matt Wujek
Buying First Property Remote / Long Distance
Hi Everyone,I'm just starting out and looking at small MFH properties but will be investing in the Midwest where I grew up, though I live in California. I'll be financing, but investment capital is not an issue. I gre...
Curt Bixel
Bad tile work and deposit on next job.
The story I am going to post below contains quite a number of rookie mistakes, so feel free to point them out. If you can find over 5 rookie mistakes, you get the prize. Here it is:
I hired a property manager based...
Corey Demuth
Interested in a property, but current tenants' rents are way under market. Suggestions?
I am interested in a 2F property upstate, and everything seems solid. However, my numbers are based on MARKET rents for that area. Initially I did not know whether the current tenants had leases and/or what they were ...
Aksel A.
To be a 1st time home-buyer & Investor in Massachusetts 2017
Voila, the direction of this post is summarized in the title. This post is not asking a specific question. Rather, it aims at exposing my current situation which may be familiar to many newcomers.I wasn't too sure whe...
Kevin Brackett
Thoughts on Investing in the San Francisco, CA Bay Area?
Hello All,Just pondering if anyone has any tips or thoughts on the current Bubble in the Bay Area, CA and how to or not to get started in it with limited resources. The obvious answer is, you can't! Which is the idea ...
Gabriela Angel
Meeting our first tenants tomorrow
Hi, BP community,We are meeting our first tenants tomorrow. I've heard it's best to tell them we are the property management rather than the owners.What other advice do you give?Thanks in advance.