Fran Flanagan
Dealing with Punitive Local Ordinances
The local borough where I own my rental property has come up with a real doozy of a new ordinance to go into effect this January. I'm fairly sure that they wanted a new law to deal with a few problem properties, prob...
Mike Cangi
Advice on Refi: How does NOI & CAP Rate Correlate to Value?
Hi BP,I'm new to investing and looking for some help understanding NOI & Cap Rate and how they correlate to value. Specifically, will a commercial lender value our property with with these metrics for a potential...
Peter Cecinini
The limited ways to evict a tenant in New Jersey during Covid
As a general practice real estate attorney and property investor, one of the most commonly asked questions I get is what a landlord's options are to evict a problem tenant during Covid. I hope the following will be he...
Jacob James Caballero
Analysis
I am currently looking for my first investment deal and am very interested in multi family. I am looking out of state because I live in an extremely expensive area of California where a typical mobile home is 300k plu...
Jon Burns
My tenant is becoming a serious hoarder, lease has 4 more months
I've bought a couple hoarder homes in the past, they were the types of homes that rewarded you with experience. It's one thing when I am buying a house in that condition, because I am thinking of the the pot of gold ...
Jonathan Dawkins
First Time Investor Questions?
Good Afternoon BP, First of all thank you for all of the knowledge and information you guys post. With that being said, I am buying my first property in Baltimore, MD. I lived there for two years but due to work i am ...
Matthew Packard
Inflation concerns with commercial
Is anyone else concerned about upcoming inflation with regards to commercial properties? For example, if interest rates substantially increase over the next 5 years, a typical commercial balloon loan may need to be re...
Chris Mason
Question for tax pros about S-corps.
Sally and Johnny are both the sole owners and employees of a pair of unrelated S corps in the same city. They don't know each other, but Sally and Johnny make and sell widgets. They both also W2 themselves $50k/yr, wh...
Account Closed
Should I Move or Should I stay?
Hello BP! I have a decision to make come 2016 and need your help deciding.For 2016 my number 1 goal is to buy my first rental property! I currently live in NYC and plan to buy my first property in Albany, NY which is ...
Matt Shumate
KPIs for Deal Analysis
Fellow investors and syndicators,
What are some of the core KPIs that you look at for benchmarking whether or not you'll move forward with a deal? Could be things like...
Short term
Cash on Cash return
cash fl...