Adam Williams
25 year loan or 30 year loan on a refi?
We have just one rental unit (used to be our primary home), and I'm in a situation where I need to refinance. It's a 5/1 ARM and due to the increasing interest rates and two HOA hikes in just the last year, I'm now lo...
Dee Georgian
Take a loss on the property or raise the rent
2 years ago I was plunged into renting my property after a loss of a job and split from my partner in Henry county Georgia where the home is under water and I now own 100% of the property. However, even though the val...
Kyohei Yoshida
I need help figuring out a strategy.
Hello BP nationThere are so many uncertain things when you don't know what you don't know. And I have so many things that I don't know... I need to ask for good advices on my situation. My father in law has a 3/3 sing...
Robert Stamper
Section 8 tenant screening
Hi, My wife and I have a 5 bedroom BRRRRR house that we want to put in the section 8 program. We plan to rehab the property to a high standard. There are two things I want to achieve with Section 8 housing:1) rece...
Thomas Campbell
Need information on Rule Of 55
Howdy! First time listener.. first time poster! Ha!I don't usually need much financial advice. And I don't need long term advice. I've been managing my finances for quite a long time but I'm needing some questions...
Chad Hack
Negative Cash Flow with Positive Annualized Return
Hi BP Community. I have a very basic question after analyzing thousands of properties. When I look at the BP calculators after running the numbers on a property, I have what seems to be conflicting information. Exampl...
Alex Huang
How Much Land Do You Need (New Commercial Building)
I'm looking for guidance on how much land you need for a new single-story commercial building.Through some light research, the general rule I seem to find is about 5x your building size. So a 5,000 sqft building would...
Mark Abdelmessih
Can Seller negotiate buyer to pee agent fee
Hey Guys,While many of you may know that, if theres a seller's agent and they find a buyer for a property and the deal closes, ultimately the commission will come out of the sales price and the seller receives less mo...
Seth Hensinger
Newbie in Dekalb County, Indiana
Hey BP community.
I'm 19 and am very interested in buying and holding homes to rent out. I've been checking out resources for knowledge on all of this and was hoping I could get some good tips and such.
Homes in my...
Daniel Montano
How can I avoid/reduce capital gains on sale of rental property
Hi, I am curious on what can be done to avoid/reduce capital gains tax on a property I sold. I know I could have done a 1031 exchange prior to selling but we did not plan to continue investing in real estate, we wante...