Carlos Ptriawan
Archaic Fed theory
cc: @James Hamling So today is very interesting. Job market is extremely robust that we add 300k jobs than 150k predicted job. In theory this should not be good news because then Fed would have reason to keep the inte...
Joshua Dorkin
What TV Shows Are You Watching these Days?
TV is a great distraction . . . personally, I watch the news most of the time, but have a few shows I enjoy.
I'll start:
Entourage
CSI (all of them)
Law & Order (most of them)
Heroes (losing its touch, unfortuna...
Max McQueen
Travel Nurse MTR vs. Multi-Family 4-Plex
Hey BP Family, I'd love your insight on this.I'm currently weighing two intriguing options: house-hacking a 4-plex or venturing into the realm of MTR with a single-family home or duplex, particularly for renting to tr...
Bob D.
First Deal - Three Family in Plymouth, MA
I have an offer accepted on a three family in downtown Plymouth, MA. There are two three bed units and one two bed. We are currently negotiating P&S and have some fairly big issues to work through:Three existing l...
Ty Man
1% Rule vs. Potential Growth
1% Rule seem hard to achieve (at least harder to find) in "hot" growth RE markets (i.e. Austin, Seattle, etc.) but easier in some RE markets (i.e. Ohio, Missouri). Would you rather do a buy & hold (holding period ...
Jason Howell
[Calc Review] Help me analyze this deal (Another Indy fix upper)
Back again in my pursuit of learning how to analyze deals in Indianapolis. This one, upon first blush, really seemed to fall in line with the idea of BRRRR. The neighborhood *seems* great actually, prices in the area ...
Joseph Vaughn
RE rookie and first-time home buyer from Athens, Georgia
Hi everyone!I'm Joseph (from Athens, Georgia) and found BP when listening to a ChooseFI episode 312 where Scott and Mindy discussed their book First-Time Home Buyer: The Complete Playbook to Avoiding Rookie Mistakes l...
Account Closed
506(b) exemption for an LLC (small deal)
Hi BP,I'm in the process of raising some equity for a commercial deal and I've been reading about securities law. I'm still getting my operating agreement together, but the general structure will be an LLC of which I ...
Brian Pulaski
Interior Paint Gray Recommendation
On my last house I used BM - Revere Pewter and it looked very nice. It was a middle between grey and beige. I had planned the same color on my current house until I put some paint on the walls today. The color doesn't...
Bruce Gardner
Zero Deposit for Security Deposits
Background - there are a couple companies out there who provide special insurance for no security deposit. One is called "Zero Deposit" based in Europe, another is Rhino. In essence, tenants don't pay a security dep...