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Jeff S. The 76% rule
25 February 2012 | 19 replies

Just wanting to point out the importance of analyzing repair costs before buying for a buy and hold. Assuming 50% expenses and spending the rest on PITI can get you in trouble.

In the last 5 yrs my duplex has average...

Christopher Freeman Maximum Allowable Offer Math Problem
9 June 2019 | 5 replies

Okay, here's a doozey.Given: Rate and term on a first lien mortgage, rate and term on a seller second, composition of capital structure (e.g. 75% commercial mortgage, 15% seller note, 10% buyer's purchase equity), net...

Rick Howell What Are Lead-Based Paint Hazards- Part 1
17 April 2019 | 0 replies

If the home you’re buying was built before 1978, you have certain rights concerning lead-based paint and lead poisoning hazards. For starters, the home seller, or her real estate agent must provide you with the EPA pa...

Ryan Phu What's your favorite CRE asset class and strategy? Why?
21 December 2022 | 13 replies

Goal: Own Commercial Real Estate - BE THE BEST AT IT - Go all in & Let Things Compound. MASTER ONE.
Challenge: Picking Asset/Strategy

I source off-market RE for SFRs (wholesaling). I'm really good at it. But I...

John K. Specifics of Canadian mortgage and other metrics?
15 March 2017 | 4 replies

Hi everyone,we decided to add specific calculations for Canadian investors to our property analysis tool. Are there any investors here familiar with the Canadian market?So far we are working on the Canadian mortgage c...

Grant Hwang Basics of commercial real estate refinance
26 June 2011 | 4 replies

I never refinanced a commercial real estate loan. Anything I should know before I start shopping? Or is it pretty straight forward.

Details:
10,000sqft office building
1/2 occupied
this property does not have positiv...

Maribel Manibo Does anyone have knowledge on Tiny Homes as a rental strategy?
16 February 2023 | 6 replies

I've seen the trend on Tiny Home communities and would love to learn about permitting, zoning, cost estimating, financing... etc.  Expertise/interest is welcome! I'm looking at a property that comes with land zoned fo...

Bryan P. Figure out this math...
11 April 2011 | 6 replies

Trying to figure out if we get screwed on our pension plan.

After 22 years in the system, I will have invested 8% of my income, which is approximately a total of 80,000 by today's dollar value. It is inflation adjus...

Travis West Removing Paint odors
17 March 2014 | 10 replies

We had a house painted 10 days ago. While the latex on the ceiling and walls is OK, the oil based trim paint continues to smell. How long with this continue?

Can anyone offer a way to accelerate the removal...

Alan Crookham Rental Property Book Investing Math Doesn’t Make Sense
26 April 2020 | 13 replies

I am just getting into purchasing/rehabbing/renting properties. I own one small house in Panama outright that I have rented for years, so I have land lording experience, but not so much in investing and flipping.Someo...