Armel Bayot
New aspiring investor from the Bay Area
Hello BP community,I work as an ER Nurse and got bit by the real estate bug early this year after getting my property in the Bay Area. Attended a couple of seminars about real estate investing and almost bought a $20...
Will Barnard
Senate Bill 94 - California
Are any of you short sale investors aware of Senate Bill 94 which was placed into action October 12, 2009? If not, you need to read up on it right now. While it only affect us in CA, other states are soon to follow, a...
Gregory Schwartz
College Towns: Are we approaching a buying opportunity
For those of you that buy and hold in college towns do you see this fall as...A. The same old housing market, all the students will be back. Sunshine and rainbows for everyoneB. Buying opportunity. This is the Thursda...
Brent Salazar
My DTI has hit a wall
Hello BP,I have an interesting problem. I currently own 2 duplexes in my home town. 1 has tenants and the other I am house hacking. I am ready for my next deal and have hit a wall with conventional financing. The bank...
James G.
Duplex vs SFH why shouldn't I?
Why shouldn't I buy a duplex as a first time investor in Cleveland vs a Single family home? Assuming getting pre-approved and cash for the down payment isn't an issue what are the reasons to avoid a duplex?I assume it...
Jay Hinrichs
Out of state investing in cash flow sfr's
I have never listened to a pod cast before.. but I thought I would try one on BP and listened to one last week about a nice young man who is buying out of state and was all excited about it.The really important factor...
Ryan M.
Concern over current rental market
Given the uptick in the real estate market and strong demand for rentals, the concern I currently have is... are we making purchase decision based on the current strong rental demand, and eventually the tide will s...
Mahesh K.
companion dog
I was driving by one of my properties when I noticed my tenant had a pit bull in her unit of the duplex (spring valley CA). The duplex has a no pet policy.
My property manager gave her a 30 day notice to cure...
David Ptak
Over leveraged
Hi everyone. I've been reading and listening to podcasts and hear about all these folks that build these huge portfolios within just a few years. What I can't make sense of though is how can one keep accumulating prop...
Natalie Schanne
500k cash and not a lot of time - what do you do with it?
What should we do with $500,000 cash borrowed at 3.5%? My partner and I are completing cash out refinances of some properties where we will have at least $500k cash to invest. Market is hot and I haven’t seen anything...