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Keilon Morton Should I keep my properties in my name or use LLCs?
11 September 2023 | 4 replies

I am a real estate agent and have begun working with investors. I have a client that has purchased 4 properties and we are working on a deal for his 5th. Should he create an LLC at this point to protect his personal a...

Michelle Kessler Best Multifamily Books?
24 September 2019 | 20 replies

Hello BP family!!I’m just starting out and finally decided to focus on small Multifamily properties!!What are your best and favorite small Multifamily book suggestions!! Thank you and have a great day!!Michelle

Jeremy Jackson Do you rent to your own family members? Why or why not? Share your experience, good or bad!
27 June 2015 | 12 replies

I was talking to my mother earlier of plans to eventually be a full time real estate investor, with a focus on rental properties.  She said she'd rent one and I immediately thought, "don't mix family and business."  T...

Miguel Martinez Finding absentee owners or landlords!
25 January 2018 | 14 replies

Hey everyone, my name is Miguel and I'm a fix and flip investor based out of Southern California, Inland Empire. I'm currently flipping two properties that were sold to me by a tired landlord. The area I'm rehabbing t...

Cliff Bradshaw How can I add a (legitimate) Trade Line?
4 January 2017 | 16 replies

I have a timeshare that I have been paying for since 2003 and have not missed a payment nor have I been late. I am sure this will boost my credit score dramatically and I would like to know if there is a way to add t...

Winn Vu Is it normal wear and tear?
6 May 2016 | 8 replies

I have the interior walls of my rental painted almost 5 years ago when my tenant first moved in. Today an agent I hired came to preview and recommended me to repaint the walls before we find new tenant. I was not ther...

Account Closed Purchasing another "second home" STR in same location as first
28 December 2022 | 10 replies

Hi all,

I recently purchased an STR in Western North Carolina and am looking at potentially purchasing another. My understanding of the second home loan is that you cannot purchase more than one "second home" in th...

Account Closed Please evaluate this property (1st time doing this)
12 June 2018 | 23 replies

Hello,  I'm starting to practice analyzing deals and I was curious what you all thought of this listing...  The strategy would be to buy and hold/For the sake of evaluation, let's say that Mount Vernon is a C- to B- n...

Łukasz Juraszek 1% rule, 2% rule are BS...
25 August 2020 | 64 replies

In the book How To Invest In Real Estate, the author claims that a property that doesn't meet the 1% rule will never be cashflow positive.Here is a proof against it. Buy a property for 500K cash, rent out for 2.5K, su...

Cory Lader Out of state investing in Philadelphia
29 September 2019 | 11 replies

Good Evening BP. I am looking to invest in Philadelphia but I currently reside in NJ. I am struggling to wrap my head around the disadvantages of registering as a foreign LLC as I have been unable to find some decent ...