Alex Silang
Worried about investing in a bad area (buy and hold)
I'm a newbie and 'd like to invest in the city of Worcester, MA, which is about an hour away from home. That's the only way I can make the rent/mortgage ratio work. I've also heard good things from 2 separate inve...
Nathan Cao
Bank of America Requires 20% Down
I just received a call from my banker telling me that this policy would be effective on June 29 2008. This really slow down a lot of new investors like me. Does anyone know if this applies for the whole lending indust...
Zachary Freeman
Cash out Refi and wait
Hi I am looking for opinions on the following strategy. I have a 4 unit property in LA area worth about $1mil with $500k equity. It nets $1500/month after debt service. I am considering pulling $200k out for investmen...
Jake Kucheck
If at first you don't succeed...
... then the late Aaliyah would advise you to dust yourself off and try again.
But how does this work with regard to selling your flip to your end user? If your first buyer is not able to obtain financing (fairly co...
Annchen Knodt
Luxury Vinyl Plank comparison chart and experience
Hi BP,
I recently purchased LVP for my personal residence, and due to my "type A" personality spent quite a bit of time researching options :-) I made a table to keep track of various factors, and wanted to share it...
Armando Morales
How to keep tenant and still make major repairs and renovations
I have a house I purchased with a tenant who hasn’t had much of a rent increase in the past 10 years. Nor has there been much in the way of upkeep or renovations in her apartment so it's outdated. Her current rent is ...
Chris Papa
Investing In Turnkey Properties
Hello - I am based in the SF Bay Area and am interested in turnkey investments. Having a full-time job (60 hours+ week) + being a single parent, this seems like the most time efficient way to investment in real estate...
David S.
Multi-family investors/syndicators, what say you?
I have been thinking of investing in multi-family syndications as a way of moving away from active direct investments into more passive investments to simplify life.I found this article in the link below very interest...
Jocelyn Borg
Wholesaling for deal flow
Hello, BP collective!I'd love to hear your thoughts on my moral quandary here:After researching quite a bit on wholesaling, I am really on the fence about going forward with it. It is fraught with ethical grey areas a...
Joe Hughes
Delays, delays, delays. Are they common?
I started scaling up my flipping business earlier this year. Prior to, I was doing about 1 per month, and was managing the contractors myself. It all seemed to flow well and projects were always done on time and on ...