Lee Hampton
Houston's New Short-Term Rental Regulations Poised to Shake Up the STR Scene
Houston's short-term rental (STR) market has been unregulated up until now, but that's set to change by the end of 2024. After prolonged discussions, recent high-profile incidents at STR properties have finally sparke...
Travis Carter
House hacking improvements
In the process of purchasing a duplex and house hacking it for a few years before it turns into 100% investment property. Having a hard time trying to decide what improvements/demos to do to improve value of house val...
Jarrod Anderson
First Development Project
Hello BPers,I've been investing for a few years, and I finally wanted to take theleap into development. I got into a deal where we were going to develop a nursing home into a 50+ unit apartment building. I ended up g...
Aaron Small
Analysis: Buying First Home, Newbie here
Hi,My wife and I are in our early 30s and looking to buy. We saw a property today, here are the specs. It's in LA, pretty good neighborhood (Mid Wilshire area)$929,000 Brand new townhouse style SFH, in a 6 unit projec...
Jennifer Turner
Why you always need multiple exit strategies
Investment Info:
Mobile home fix & flip investment.
Purchase price: $6,000
Cash invested: $8,116
Sale price: $65,900
We initially planned to wholesale this deal, but there were existing tenan...
Jameson Dixon
Help with inspection!
I am a first-time home buyer and got an offer accepted to house hack. I had an inspection recently and I have no idea how to evaluate some of the items on it. I have done some research, but I would love to get perspec...
Drew T.
First second home, buy & hold rental
Investment Info:
Single-family residence buy & hold investment in Portland
Purchase price: $562,500
Cash invested: $35,000
Reroof and safety improvements
Randall Re II
picking a property inspector is one of the most important steps in the buying process
As a professional real estate investor, I can tell you that picking a property inspector is one of the most important steps in the buying process. Here are three reasons why:
A property inspector can identify potenti...
Jeremy Anderson
Lease Cancellation Question
Hello BP,I am looking for advice on how to handle a tenant that has failed to satisfy the terms of the lease and is now threatening legal action for repayment of rent paid and potentially moving costs due to safety co...
Daniel Windingstad
Lemon or no?
I have a confession: my only duplex, which I gave owned now for 2 years and recently moved out of from a house hack, has proven to cost me more to maintain/pay taxes/repair/fix etc to the point where my cash flow is c...