Direct mail has been working fairly well for me for the last few years, but I deceided to go on the offense and dive into the world of cold calling. Ironically I ran a telemarketing firm in the early 2000's and can sa...
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HiI am currently looking at purchasing a 50-60k rental property. My first. I am looking for a loan for that property but it is a little bit of a "non-conforming" property and I also don't have the 20% down for a con...
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Hello BP community
I am in a situation that I am looking for some advice on.
A little background to start: I bought my first investment property 3 years ago. I currently hold 2 cash flowing duplexes. I am looking ...
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Hello All, I am evaluating a property at 140K for a rental. The rent is 1200 per month.I inputted all the values in rental calc and found negative amount in 50% rule. What is expected amount in 50% rule? Wha...
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Hi guys, long time listener first time caller. I have a BRRRR with my sister in Roxbury, MA. We purchased it in Nov 2020 for $770k, my sister did a fantastic job on the remodel it instead of the 12 mo timeline we had ...
In terms of the widening gap between US and Canadian house prices since 2006, this seems to be a strange economic phenomenon. It is almost as if the US prices are artificially suppressed as both markets appear to have...
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Few years ago my wife and I made the decision to pay off our rental property. Not my thoughts but hers, she just felt more comfortable/less pressure knowing we didn't have 3 mortgages due (our own and two rentals). Of...
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I've been trying to find creative ways to finance a deal that I am analyzing and haven't been able to find an answer to this question: Can I use a HML to cover the rehab. costs of a flip and down payment on a house, w...
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I am not sure if this is the right place or not but I have recently bene going at the BRRR strategy exclusively and have build a spreadsheet that lets me quickly analyze a deal that comes across my inbox. I hope this ...
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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...