I thought today I’d share an abbreviated story of how I house hacked my way to $1,000,000 using what I call the seesaw method. Before I get into it I think it’s important to provide some context.I am a fake engineer. ...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...