Adam Shindler
Understanding the 2% & 50% Rules
Hello,I am new user and first time poster with a question regarding the 2% & 50% rule. I am interested in buy-and-hold investing of small apartment buildings and would like to know if my quick analysis of a parti...
Phil Mcnally
$400k, 1 to 4 unit property with 1% rule. Anywhere?
Hi AllConventional loans for residential property cover single family, duplex, triplex or fourplex. If I want to maximise each available loan without going into jumbo loan territory ($424k limit) it would be ideal to ...
Rahul Dutta
New member from bay area, California
Hello BP,I am a newbie investor trying to break it into the exciting world of real estate investing. Excited to be on BP. I am very impressed with the quality of information and the spirit of paying it forward exhibit...
Dan Bottiglieri
CapEx Budgeting From Monthly Rents
Hi everyone, what percentage of my monthly rents should I be putting aside for future expensive repairs like roof, furnace etc.? For example, if my rent revenue was $2,000/month with $1,000 going towards mortgage, wha...
Barrington Duncan
Looking for ways to approach this Multi Family any Ideas?
Price:$14,240,000 No. Units:178 Building Size:183,648 SF Price/Unit:$80,000 Property Type:Multi family Property Sub-type:Garden/Low-Rise Property Use Type:Investment Cap Rate:8%Occupancy:94%No. Stories:2 Year Built...
Naresh Hanchate
Buying investment property using LLC
Hello Everyone,
I am new to bigger pocket forum. I have 2 rental property and 1 primary home in Southern California. I am looking to my my 3rd investment property to rent out. I heard of Real estate investment throug...
Trey Leigh
50% Rule and Cash Flow
If I understand the 50% rule correctly, half of your gross rents goes to expenses including a vacancy allowance, and the other half goes to P&I and cash flow.
Using this rule, what minimum cash flow do look for o...
Nick Robinson
Maintenance fund for larger multifamily
Quick question for my apartment owners. How much money do you set aside for maintenance? For single family houses I usually plan on keeping 10% of the purchase price. For example $100,000 keep a maintenance fund aroun...
Alley Carlson
Do you use the 2% rule in Twin Cities area? 1%?
I’m new to real estate investing and just in the information gathering stage, I’ve been reading BP Rental Property investing and am reading up on “the 2% rule” or making sure that a properties monthly rental income is...
Joseph DiBernardo
Sourcing Deals & the 2% rule
Hello - I am a newcomer to this page and am looking to buy my first real estate investment. I have two questions:1-Where is the best place to source deals on my own? I can't help but think Zillow is not the best place...