Joseph Kirk
Advice on entering the fix & flip industry
I am looking to get into doing fix & flips. I currently have 3 rental properties and now want to move on into fix and flip. I have 3 associates / relatives that would be doing my renovations, as I would be finding...
Katrina P.
How do you avoid so many credit inquiries?
I am in the process of loan shopping. Can anyone tell me if it's possible to avoid so many credit inquiries when loan shopping, or just purchasing period? If I'm buying 5-6 houses per year, that could be very ugly o...
Immanuel Pierre
How early in your investment journey did you hire a property manager?
Today I own two properties, one is a long-term rental and the other being my primary resident. I am looking to buy a third within the next 6-18 months as a long term rental. I am leaning towards just getting a proper...
Julian Caiceros
A Tale of 2 Four-Plexes
I'm interested in 2 Four-Plexes but after running all the numbers for rental income (all units are at fair market value) and deducting all expenses (incl. Utilities, maint., cap repl., ins., vacancy, etc) due to my me...
Marc Macialek
How to arrange a Repair Escrow?
I'm under contract on a home (primary residence) that needs major work to building systems and updating. Part of my realtor's recommendation was to offer asking price plus $20k to be given back to us for the work. The...
Account Closed
Renting out an old Payless Shoe Store at NNN
I'm a complete novice at commercial real estate but jumped in head first. I now own a property in Florida that was a payless shoe store in a very busy area. After I bought it I was contacted by a number of brokers loo...
Jared Asch
Bonus Depreciation and How Can it Drastically Cut Your Tax
Bonus depreciation is a powerful tax benefit but even some of the most seasoned real estate investors have never heard of bonus depreciation. Why not?
It’s traditionally been a tax benefit reserved for developers tha...
Andrew Medici
Super cheap multifamily problems
Hey everyone!
So I have a small issue. I found a good deal. essentially an 8 unit apartment building near pittsburgh. I can buy it for about 40k and it will take about 40 or 45 in repairs to bring it to where I want ...
Austin Mudd
Using Podio to manage a database of door knocking leads
New Podio user here. I have about 500 entries from FSBO, divorce, probate, notice of default and trustee sale list data. I'm targeting NODs and NOTs for now, but I've been using excel to track who I've hit and knocked...
Kristy Farmer
Newbie from Galveston, Texas
Hello BP Community-After reading the Cash Flow Quadrant, I started listening to Real Estate investing on YouTube and found the BP podcasts and blogs. I’ve been listening to them for over a year now. I have a full-ti...