Jose Alejandro Hernandez
Nothing seems to pass the 50% rule
Just starting out here and been reading Brandon Turner’s book on Rental Property Investing. The book gives a rule to use to quickly screen properties known as the 50% rule [(0.5*projected income/rent)- (Mortgage P an...
Neel Jain
Is San Francisco Housing Market topping?
I had reached out to a realtor around 3 weeks ago for a prime location apartment in an apartment complex.He called me again yesterday.Are we topping?
Cody L.
4500 SF of office open space - who designs office lay out?
I own a 3 story historic building in downtown Houston. The first two floors are rented to a night club. Actually I take that back: The full 3 floor are rented to them but they only use two. So I thought I’d see if the...
Michael Corso
TOP 5 FIX FLIP MISTAKES TO AVOID IN REAL ESTATE
It looks so easy! Buy a house, make a few cosmetic fixes, put it back on the market and make a huge profit. At any given time there are half-a-dozen shows on television where good-looking, well-dressed investors make ...
Erica Viverette
NACA loan for multifamily investment d/t limited liquid funds
Hello fellow or beginning REIs, I need advice as I've been thinking of obtaining a multi-family property through NACA due to me having limited liquid funds and fair credit. I'm in the process of credit repair as I've ...
Cameron Norfleet
Ethics & Discrimination…. A question of Right vs Right!!
Ok so I was having this debate with a local landlord and I’d like to hear your opinion…. You charge $25 for your application fee. You show the house to a nice couple and they want to apply but they don’t speak, read o...
Doug Elkerman
New real estate app SoCal
Apparently launched in SoCal, ‘Ajentai’ seems to be a more direct path to ‘find an agent’ that you see on most real estate search websites. Hope this helps someone.
Ariel Bertsch
How do you determine which out of state markets to invest in?
Hi everyone!
My name is Ariel. I'm based in Southern California. I'm new to BP, but have been investing in Real Estate for over 10 years.
Because the housing market in my area is super inflated, I've shifted my...
Wesley Brown
Can I invest in my Cousin's 1031 exchange?
Hi - My cousin is closing on a family farm he inherited and is looking to do a 1031 with a multi-family. He'd like me to be involved to manage the finances of it for a bit of sweat equity and I'd also like to put in p...
Sam Denny
New Light Rail in Seattle
I've been the researching the new plans to expand the light rail from Seattle north into Shoreline, Mount Lake Terrace, and Lynnwood. Soundtransit.org has the plans and the light rail is expected to open in 2023. Th...