I'm going to be doing lease option assignments. I would acquire the right to lease and purchase a home, lock in a few basic terms, like the home price, rent, # of years, and then assign my interest to a 3rd party. I w...

I have a property that produces $539 positive cash flow each month.  My question is, when I run the numbers, it shows a negative Cash on Cash return.  I believe this is because I borrowed more than the value of the pr...

Hello all.  New to BiggerPockets. Currently, I own my primary residence and a rental condo.  My question:My primary residence has a mortgage of $3400 and the value of my house is $850,000.  Total expenses for the year...

I posted this on my BP blog but figured would probably get more traffic on the forums.**To maximize table and graphs you will need to go to my biggerpockets blog on my profile and click the pictures to enlarge. Forum ...

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I'm very new to REI, I've been reading alot on here, some book, and talking to people often. I am going to be going to Boulder, CO in about a week. I was looking to get some advice on some good areas to look at...

Aloha,Many locales have added "source of income" as a so-called Protected Class under Fair Housing. The predominate assumption is that a LL is required to rent to such an applicant. There are varying opinions on how t...

Here's the situation that we're in. I am a doctoral student with:
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little debt (car loan and 35k in student loans),

little assets (3k in an index fund, 7k in a target retirement fund/Roth IRA, 1k in individ...

I am a new investor so this may seem like common sense to some but.. I am thinking of buying a multi family in a relatively low income city. I have heard mostly horror stories from a few investors about bad tenants et...

Hello BP Members,I’m under contract on a 3-unit property in downtown St. Augustine, FL. I’ll be living in one of the units and renting the other two but can’t decide if I should rent the other units short-term or long...

As has been discussed quite heavily on these forums, as investors, we look to 'gross' 2%+ of the purchase price and expect 50% of the rent to pay for all expenses except the financing.

Do any of you 'fudge' on these ...