Ben Habig
Listing Rental Property Returns
Have a rental property in Texas listed with an agent, and they are giving me a lot of push back on including anything about the returns we get. This is a mid term rental and I receive substantially more than surround...
Michael Trevino
Seller keeps pushing date back, need advice
My wife and I are getting ready to purchase our first home in the dallas Texas area. We initially made an offer back in Mid-January and this was accepted with the condition that we close on February 10th, which was so...
Jordan Sitzler
The flip or rent question in my shoes
Hey, BP! My wife and I have closed on our first ever property, investment or otherwise. We bought it through a hard money lender at 1%/month and 10% down. What I am now trying to do is refinance it so I can have my...
Susan O.
New Rent Controls are being pushed through Local California Gov
http://sfist.com/2017/03/06/david_chiu_rent_contro...Make sure to get out and vote. Also contact your local reps because this is going down.Reach out to your local Apartment Associations, Your local brokers/ RE agent...
Shafi Noss
Tax Questions: What are the Tax Benefits for Passive Investors?
Hi everyone, I've been trying to puzzle through the tax situation for passive investors and thought I'd ask you all for help.
It seems like the main incentives are depreciation and capital gains. An LP using depreci...
Allen Yu
Your Buying/Selling Process
Hi, I have been thinking about the buying and selling process, and I got to wondering about the differences in method from agent to agent. I spoke to a seller agent whose biggest issue was soliciting leads, which came...
Anthony Gayden
Statewide Rent Control In New York
How do you think statewide rent control will effect cities in upstate New York like Buffalo, Syracuse, and Rochester? I know that they suffer from similar issues as Midwest rust belt cities. Going even further, small ...
Drew Eldridge
Yellow Letter Marketing for Apartments
Has anyone experimented with direct mail to Multi-family apartment owners as to which has a better response rate: typical yellow letter simple postcards or more formal appearing letters? And response rates to mailers...
Timothy VanWingerden
Trying to back out of a contract. Help!
Guys, I recently signed a contract on a 4plex and I am now having second thoughts. I got in touch with a landlord in the area, and he is willing to sell me his 4plex in the same street for 20,000 less than the one I a...
Angel Garcia
M.S in RE, 12 yrs experience, and I'm terrified to invest! Help!
I have RE expertise with over a decade of experience but I can't seem to get off the bench. Also, I have startup capital. I work full time for an opportunistic PE firm and I'm drained by the time I get home. I feel li...