Marcus Hill
Recognize when to BRRRR - Nashville, TN
Hello, I'm learning about all the great benefits of the BRRRR strategy. One question: when analyzing a property for buy and hold, how do I know if it's better to use the BRRRR strategy or a standard conventional renta...
Julio Gonzalez
Energy Savings Credit for Your Property!
The 45L tax credit is an energy efficiency tax credit available to owners, builders and developers of apartment buildings, townhouses, condominiums and single family homes. The units must be more energy efficient than...
Becky Elder
Building a STR - Wheelchair accessible?
I have a lot in a vacation area in Vantage WA and considering building a home that's 1 level and wheelchair accessible - does anyone have knowledge or experience with this? I'm thinking it would open the door for mor...
Bill Black
Inspection period
We have been requesting a 14 day inspection period in our offers, and just got a response from a realtor indicating that in the region we are looking at purchasing, the most time that is given is 7 days as no one want...
Lynn McGeein
Did FNMA cash-out refinance just open up for 5-10?
Reading through FNMA rules for cash-out refinance, and don't see the rule anymore where you have to use delayed financing rule only for 5-10 (which we don't meet)? It looks like we can now get a cash-out refinance on...
Account Closed
What all will a Noob like me need to finalize a deal?
I'm so so so close to financing my first property! The only hold up is the age of my credit history. It will be best to better position myself for the next step, While I linger in limbo, yet the realtors and financier...
Keith K.
Poor cleaning of vacation rental by property management.
Hi All,We recently signed on with a new property manager for our vacation rental. We're generally happy with the performance EXCEPT with the quality of cleaning. Currently, I've been making surprise inspections of t...
Bade Raju
50% rule in evaluating rental property
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...
Scott Trench
Is it just me or is pulling a Tenant's CREDIT Score Harder than Ever?
I just started managing one of my rental units after a several year hiatus (it was managed via a property manager during the interim).
I'm screening applicants for a vacancy, and I noticed something odd. I pulled wh...
Mayank S.
Newbie from Northern Virginia
I am newbie in real estate investing and BP. Looking to get started on this journey and expecting to learn and gain valuable insight from such a huge experienced REI community on BP. I recently attended 3 day seminar ...