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Michael Taylor Keep $30,000 for Reserves or Finish Basement
23 June 2020 | 6 replies

I purchased a 6 unit apartment building on the south side of Chicago In January 2020 that I had to rehab, it is on a one year loan with an investor. Not only did I have bad tenants that I had to evict, but then came ...

Andrew S. Growth with reserves vs Hold the course
20 August 2020 | 2 replies

Hey BP,
I'm a newer investor, house hack a duplex for 2 years and have had a 6 plex for a year. I have like $40k in reserves and access to my $50k HELOC. Debating purchasing another property, ideally another small mu...

Mathieu Dumoulin Short term rental investing - Build reserves first!
10 June 2020 | 0 replies

Investment Info:

Small multi-family (2-4 units) buy & hold investment in Redstone.

Purchase price: $595,000

Cash invested: $300,000

Triplex on the river, with an office space rented to anchor ten...

David Ludolph Is cash the only form of reserves?
17 August 2020 | 5 replies

So I know that reserves are very important for longterm rental investing, especially for BRRRR. I have about 10k in cash and about $70k in stocks and another $10k in crypto. Can I consider my stocks and my crypto as r...

Kenny Lincoln How To Understand Reserves Needed for Financing
23 August 2020 | 3 replies

Looking for feedback about the following scenario, thanks BP. Plan to sell an investment property and receive around $215k. I would like to use a 1031 exchange to leverage all of this money. I’m trying to get an under...

Tony Legendre How much are you keeping in reserves?
1 October 2013 | 12 replies

I am sure that there is a spectrum of risk that we could all chart ourselves on and therefore I am not looking for right or wrong answers to this but am curious: How much are you keeping in reserves for each of you...

Travis Hawthorne Factoring reserves into BRRRR Analysis...do you?
2 December 2020 | 7 replies

The main strategy behind BRRRR as I understand it is if done correctly you can recover your original investment with a refi and go do it again (repeat).
When you analyze a property do you include your reserve fund (f...

George Leeman Commercial Lines of Credit, Back up Reserves
6 January 2021 | 1 reply

Hi, I am a florida investor and interested in hearing about peoples experience finding (ideally nation wide, or fl in specific) lenders who extend commercial lines of credit based off property. I am trying to put toge...

Peter Walther Title insurance on lands in Indian Reservations
2 April 2021 | 0 replies

Here's a link to an analysis of a recent US Supreme Court decision that might have far reaching affects.  I suspect title insurers will begin to insert policy exceptions to remove coverage for losses related to it.  I...

Gabriel J. Financial Reserve: How much to keep aside?
7 December 2020 | 4 replies

My goal in REI is financial freedom then retirement. I have one property now and am working on a second.But I was curious for those that are working towards financial freedom, how much should I keep in reserve per hou...