Jeff Lee
Ranch and farmland development
Howdy BPers -I'm looking to combine ranch land with STR cabins in central/east-central Texas. Does anyone have any experience with buying acreage below market value, rehabbing ranch land, or have financing tips for ac...
Ellie Perlman
Investment Showdown: Stocks Versus Multifamily Properties
There is no question that many people have built their wealth over time using multifamily real estate investments. Likewise, many people have amassed significant amounts of money by investing in the stock market. So i...
Jason Prendergast
Strategy for a 1031 exchange?
We have successfully made a deal on an REO home, but have some questions on a 1031 exchange for it. The idea is to take the home (purchased for $50k), put $15-20k into it and sell it for up to $100k. 1) The purchase...
Cary F.
Housing Bubble Chat
I'm curious to hear what people have to say. As an economist/risk professional in the banking space, I feel that I have decent insight into the industry. Those of you warning of a housing bubble... I just don't see i...
Josh Rogers
How can I structure this deal?
I just came across a motivated seller and shes 85 years of age. She has 164k left on the mortgage with a payment of $1,029 and only has $700/mo coming in. The ARV is 169k. The repairs are about 30k. The house is in pr...
Vijaianand Thirunageswaram
Houston is stronger than ever!!! - Did you see HAR Report?
Did anyone check out the news from HAR release few days ago? The Houston Real Estate market rose to record territory in June, as we saw the greatest one-month sales volume of all time and sent average and median price...
Mark Key
Sub Prime
There are alot of private lender hedgefunds bear sterns etc that have invested over the last 13 years or so in sub prime and thet dont plan on loseing as far as the banks bailing people out i just dont beleve it thats...
Kirsten Ostby
Rental pricing and turnover time in Fayetteville NC
I'm looking for advice... I have a SFR in Fayetteville NC that I had priced slightly above market, but now it's been listed for rent for a month with no quality applicants. I dropped the rent by $30/month, to $795, bu...
Brian Truman
My latest "learning experience"
Hi fellow BP members, When I was about to start this post, I was not sure what forum to post it in. It kind of fits into a few of them. I chalk this experience up to expanding my real estate knowledge. So here goes:Wh...
Arn Cenedella
Is being a spreadsheet ninja the keys to the “kingdom”?
In MF investing is it more important to be a:
Spreadsheet ninja Or Good operator?
We have a spreadsheet ninja on the Spark Investment Group team.
Our spreadsheet ninja is a NECESSARY but NOT SUFFICIENT condition f...