What have you found are the best areas to get buy-and-hold rentals in the Chicago area with good true cash flow?Looking most at price to rent ratios with a combination of good area.Prefer South and West Suburbs. I'm s...

I know this has been asked many times but what do you guys pay for drywall?Estimate for drywall:Kitchen Ceiling 13.7 x 7Dining Room Ceiling 14x10Living Room Ceiling. 14x10Pantry Ceiling 8x10Labor and...

I'm curious what the opinion/prediction of the experts is on mulit-family the next few years.  What I have seen in Utah is cap rates coming down from 7% +/- to below 5% in many areas with older properties.  The invent...

Hi everybody. I'd like to get some feedback on this spreadsheet. I've been wanting a way to walk through a property and "check off" all the items I'd need for the rehab. So, I combined a couple of J Scott's awesom...

I am sorry that Brew Johnson and Brett Crosby's concept for peer to peer lending, venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, and all investors who provided their hard earned cash now have to wait for pennies on the...

 I just put this property under contract at $417k on an FHA WHERE MY MORTGAGE SHOULD BE ABOUT $2,700, with $14,700 down.  The property is .96 acres and it is zoned "light commercial "as you can see from the pictures I...

For those interested in the Honolulu market and/or more generally locations with significant supply constraints, here is a recent story from Bloomberg.Bloomberg notes that property values (condo prices) have almost tr...

Hello BP!I am very interested in multifamily investing. Initially, I want to start with a small apartment building with 12-20 units in a good area with high occupancy rates. I live in Atlanta, GA where there are loads...