Alan Charles
Baltimore buy and hold market.
I am encouraged to research further into the Baltimore buy and hold rental market due to the rent to value numbers. My intention is to buy and hold a stack of SFH's in a good cash flow area. It appears from my initial...
Justin Young
With mortgage in mind, how do you calculate rent
Aloha BP! My wife and I have started looking at properties this past week. We haven't put in an offer yet but it seems as though we're getting closer and closer to landing that first deal. Getting the first deal under...
Andrey Grebenetsky
Newbie from Dallas, TX - buy a duplex or a fourplex?
Wanted to post this to introduce myself and run my logic past people who have more experience than me. Feel like I don't know what I don't know yet so it would be good to see holes poked in my logic here:Hi everyone! ...
Nathan Gesner
Biggest reason for losing money?
I know: turnover is the biggest expense. But let's be more specific. Is it:1. Time sitting vacant during turnovers?2. Losses due to excessive wear-and-tear?3. Maintenance or capex?4. Expensive property management?5. M...
Kyle Smith
Cabin indoor pools (building questions)
I'm about to build a 3 bedroom pool cabin in Wears Valley/PF area and I noticed most of the new cabins have pools. Are most pool cabins being built fiberglass, vinyl liner, or gunite pools? I want to go with the bes...
Dan K.
Is it worth it to bring your Property Management in house?
Two years ago I brought property management in house in my business. I made this decision after I realized that property managers don't work for me. Instead, they work for themselves. Sometimes our interests interse...
Edward Barreto
Getting Started, 0 experience
Hey everyone in the BP community, First and foremost I want to start by saying I have zero experience in real estate or any form of business ventures. I do however have an increasingly growing interest in it. Finally ...
Andrew Wong
Operating a rental geared towards the elderly?
Real estate guys recently had a podcast that was pretty interesting about targeting the retiring baby boomer demographics: http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://tra...The long story short, they have homes, an...
Jim Cummings
California Rent Control
California Draws Battle Lines in Rent Control ConflictKathy Fettke | 28 May 2018The battle lines have been drawn in the war over California rent control. Tenant advocates announced recently they have enough signatures...
Clint Cook
Property Managment Fees for Vacation Rentals
I'm a newbie, who is looking to start with a buy and hold of vacation rentals. Being my first time, I've got a ton of things to figure out. One of them is property management fees. Property management fees seems ...