The owner is claiming that the gas cost is $2500 a year. Seems a little low for Chicago no? What do you think? He's also claiming $4200 for insurance. I'm checking with my insurance agent later this morning to see if ...

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I wanted to quickly introduce myself and say hi as a new member. I have a property that I'm looking at that has some water damage on the inside (ceiling damage) in 2 spots. If the roof had leaked so muc...

I have my first property under contract which is a duplex. Top unit occupied and rents for 800, bottom unit occupied which rents for 1200. Purchase price is 160k, appraisal came in at 175k. PITI is 1253. All sounds gr...

I have heard this is a no no, but I don't recall ever hearing why it's bad.I have confirmed hail damage on three roofs. Is there a down side if I file these as a claim? Am I guaranteed the policy will be cancelled? I ...

I am trying to get better at evaluating my deals and one of the things I am looking for is to better estimate capital expenditures. I am okay with generalizing maintenance expenses by a % of the rent depending on the ...

Hello Im buying a property in cash for $87k and asking was $83.5k even though property is selling As-is and its not contingent on inspection I was still able to do one and found  that the unit its about to go out, the...

Hello! I just purchased my first vacation rental in Aruba in the Opal neighborhood in Noord. Any other Aruba investors here?

Hello BP community, my name is Elijah. I'm a newbie investor and I'm still fishing for my first deal. I have a deal with a lot of Sub2 potential, but I'm not sure how I should structure the deal or what contracts to u...

Hi BP LA team,  My mom recently moved to Texas and is having issues trying to manage repairs on her property in the Los Angeles area, close to Inglewood (near Manchester & Normandie)  Her property management compa...

I have a house I'm rehabbing that the exterior is in good shape except the prior owner had a window a/c through the wall right next to the front door. I need to replace 2 pieces of 4'x8' 3/8" thick textured reverse b...