Hi All!I'm new to buy and hold investing. I'm using a excel spreadsheet that has a conservative 10% vacancy reserve and 10% maintenance reserve every month. I've spoken with turnkey companies that say they use a much ...

Hey all,I have yet to get my first deal under contract, but the course I'm learning from just estimates the rehab costs with $25 sq/ft. and calculates the ARV with the comps. Is it dangerous if I do not physically dri...

I looked at a building tonight and wanted an opinion on what others think. Or best way to value the deal. It's a building with 2 commercial businesses in the lower level that rent one for $450 a month the other is on...

I am working on a blog post about this, but I wanted to get some feedback from you experts at BP.

There seems to be two trains of thoughts in the rehab world on how to price a property:

1. List the property under ma...

Hey Canadian BP members, I know this is kind of a newbie question, but how can I find out about rental rates other than by talking to other investors? I just want some solid numbers I can rely off of rather than anecd...

Hi everyone,

I have a potential wholesale deal that involves probate in which I have never been involved with. The property I am pursuing is owned by the seller but there is a additional lot with a garage that is own...

Landlord set up and control of the property Wi-Fi can provide many advantages, from becoming a small but steady source of extra revenue, to enhancing security (remote control and recording of gates, entries, exterior ...

Helo all.  I've done all my investment activities on the MLS; seems like everyone says there are no deals on the MLS.  I've come across some pretty good ones I think, I've just for beaten out with cash offers (I have ...

We potentially found a really good deal.  We are going to have contractors look at it to get an idea of what needs to be done but at first look it needs a complete gut then new walls, fixtures and appliances.  It will...

Granted, you hire a property manager to save you time so that you don't have to do the heavy lifting while managing a property. But that being said lets assume you have a good / above average property manager who is i...