Bryce Renicker
Negative Cash Flow on Low Money Down
Hello BP community. I’m looking to get into my first ever property as a live in duplex with a 3.5% down FHA here in Chicago (McKinley Park, Bridgeport, or Pilsen) The problem I am running into is that any properties I...
Ken Rishel
Response to Another Threat to Manufactured Home Finance
Response to Proposed Regulatory Prudential Standards for Non-Bank Mortgage Servicers Response prepared by Rishel Consulting Group – a consultancy for chattel lendersRishel Consulting Group is a nationwide consultancy ...
Gabe G.
detroit, are these prices for real?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/DETROIT-MI-SOLID-BRICK-SIN...Is the whole city falling apart?
Darwin Crawford
My Energy Efficiency Project Thread, aka Eco-Capitalism
Hey there BP!I'm posting this thread, which, full disclosure, will be long, and might not be for everyone, in order to document a project I am doing here in sunny Arizona. It is on a commercial building, 8 units, and...
Ashley Turner
city illegally telling me to shut down my Air BNBS ?
I have 2 rentals (they are townhouses right next to each other) for 2 years now, I have been doing air BNB out of them and the return is great and I was able to make this my full time job by doing the cleaning on my o...
Jen L.
What's your avg move-out reno cost? Still cash flowing?
Hi investors,My first tenant moved out after 7 years and it is costing me $7-8k to fix! What's your average move-out reno cost? And how many years of cash flow is it wiping out? This is my first move-out and I"m fi...
Michael Swan
How To Identify Bad "D" Or "F" Class Areas
Hi all,Since I was featured on Podcast 238 about a year ago, I have talked to many BP Nation Members asking me if they should buy this deal or that deal. Here is a simple way to determine if a deal a broker is sendin...
Andy O'Neal
Approaching a Property Manager About Leasing for Airbnb
I'm looking to buy a property in Baltimore use as a short-term rental full time via Airbnb. While working through the slower parts of the purchase process (financing through a small credit union), the thought occurs t...
Gary Kurtz
Trying To Find My Niche
I have a pretty good job that I've been working at for many years. We have good credit and some money saved. I've listened to many of the podcasts on BP, ready many posts here and have learned a lot.
What I...
Percy N.
HUD & Sage Acquisitions Processing Times
Has anyone been experiencing unresponsiveness from Sage Acquisitions while trying to close on a HUD property? Sage is the new management company HUD is using in the Philadelphia area.Our offer was accepted almost 60 d...