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Dave Meyer Is Real Estate Still the Best Asset Class?
14 May 2024 | 164 replies

Real estate is harder than it's been in more than a decade -- we all know this. High prices + high mortgage rates + low inventory is making this a challenge. So my question is  -- in an era where you can get a 5% CoCR...

Kay Yu share your turnkey experiences
7 September 2018 | 95 replies

i see lots of questions about turnkeys, but very few real-life experiences. (i did find one). So, for those who did buy a turnkey, would you be willing to share your story? Specifically, what did you expect? and ...

Gaby Liu How to loose 30k on flipping in Columbus Ohio warning to Newbie
15 November 2022 | 105 replies

if you are newbie and try to looking for advise /deals on BP forums.

there are people  nice to you ....

but there also many people(professionals) finishing newbies and just want to take out money of you ,they do...

Thuy Pham-Satrappe Do you buy small MF (2-4 units) for cash flow or appreciation?
17 July 2019 | 160 replies

I know the unicorn property offers both great cash flow as well as future appreciation, but how often does that actually happen? Other ideals would be low crime rate area as wellLooking at small multi family propertie...

Gareth Fisher What you wont hear any investor tell you
7 February 2018 | 151 replies

I have been involved with flipping properties since early 2000s.   First subbing out as a carpenter for several local investors and builders.   When the market dropped out in 2008.  Everyone I knew including myself we...

Matthew Mucker Where does the 50% rule come from?
1 May 2021 | 300 replies

I know the "50% rule" is bandied about as gospel here in the forums, but haven't seen any actual, hard data that says that operating expenses tend to be ~50% of gross rent income. I'd like to verify this number is, in...

Matthew Williamson "Slow" BRRRR aka Over-Renovating a Buy-and-Hold Property Delimma
5 July 2023 | 6 replies

If my goal is to hold a property for a long period of time (potentially passing to heirs), I would want to do the best possible renovation I could to help avoid long-term maintenance issues. My thinking is to take car...

TJ Walker How to rationally select a long-distance market for investing?
10 January 2018 | 70 replies

I live in Long Island, NY, where hideous shacks cost half a million and only rent for $2000 a month, so I am excited about investing long distance. (My first investment duplex in NY metro is cashflow negative-I hadn't...

Jason G. Roofstock Case Study
15 April 2023 | 218 replies

My girlfriend and I have been saving money for a down payment on our first rental property and had initially been looking at single family properties and multifamily properties in upstate New York. In May 2017 I came ...

Etienne Dubois I have 100,000 and i dont know where to put it...
27 September 2020 | 120 replies

If money was not an issue and i had 100,000 USD on the side to put for down payments, would investing in expensive cities like los angeles be a good idea because of the rental occupancy rate there, or would it be wise...