Chris A.
Spartan Invest - Birmingham Turnkey Case Study
Hello BP Community!In efforts to give back to the community, I wanted to document the process of acquiring my first turnkey property through Spartan Invest. I know when I was first researching the forums, case studies...
Shannon Shannon
How to understand if I can ever be granted permission to work from home while in an HOA that says NO?
I am simply beside myself. I am VERY new to SC...and about to put in an offer on a home only to realize the HOA forbids ANY home businesses of ANY kind. My career is in family based home child care (6 or less kids)......
Scott Trench
Tenants Who Pay a Full Year Upfront
Are bad news, according to nearly every experienced landlord I've seen chime in on these types of threads. However, it seems that many newbie investors (some with even less than my three years experience) like to chim...
TJ Walker
How to rationally select a long-distance market for investing?
I live in Long Island, NY, where hideous shacks cost half a million and only rent for $2000 a month, so I am excited about investing long distance. (My first investment duplex in NY metro is cashflow negative-I hadn't...
David J.
Thoughts as we approach the top of the market?
Few would deny that the market is cyclical. It goes up for a few years then down for a few and repeat. I want to hear from other investors your thoughts about how to handle this. We are nearing that top (especially in...
Thor Sveinbjoernsson
You have 6 months to liquidate your assets
I’ve been doing a lot of research lately and I wanted to share with you guys what I have found about the correlation between unemployment, delinquencies and housing prices. During the 2008 housing crisis the housing ...
Jay Hinrichs
The 2% rule kills values
As one who had never heard of the 2% rule or 1% or any of the other terminology that floats around BP,, I just became aware of the 2% rule. I was talking with a fellow from Oregon who was lamenting that there are no 2...
J. Martin
Using range of expenses in your profit / ROE estimates?
I know many members on BP use the 50% rule as a screening technique.. I was curious if anyone uses a range of estimates for expenses to estimate potential profit, rather than strictly 50% - either while they are ...
Ryan Jenks
Seller didn't disclose anything, & after 3k of inspections...ugh!
My offer was accepted on a 14 unit apartment. I knew it needed new windows and was built in 1950. In the purchase agreement forms we signed, he wrote NONE in the disclosures. He showed the best (only good ones) 3 u...
Account Closed
Thoughts on real estate agents carrying firearms...
Hello, all. I tried to look through the forums for a related topic to this, but couldn't find one. With all the news of mass shootings, more and more people are buying weapons for their own protection. This isn't to s...