Can a 12 Unit Multi-Family property be offered for sale according to residential property rates and not NOI ?On projected current rates and Expenses based on NOI I got a valuation that is 50 - 55 % lower than the aski...

Hello! I was wondering if raising the rent would help getting a better appraisal value when times comes to cash out / refi your investment property. If I was to charge $200/month more, would it make any difference? Th...

California Assembly Bill AB 2962 was approved and signed into law by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on September 22, 2006.

California's current income tax withholding law enacted in 2002 and effective Jan...

Hi BP,Another quick question as I continue my journey towards first purchase. How do you seasoned investors budget taxes?In CA, it seemed like purchase price became the new basis for property tax, but in Columbus and ...

We are under contract for a 4plex. The cash on cash comes out at 13%, taking into account vacancies, maintenance, HOA ect (I used very conservative numbers). The appraisal came back at 20k lower than the purchase pric...

I am a commercial and residential real estate appraiser, and I have been listening to a lot of RE investment podcasts lately (including BiggerPockets, which I love). I have heard a couple different people say recently...

Hello,Where can I find the gross rent multiplier for a certain city with duplexes or fourplexes?

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I am wondering, is there any way to structure a deal on a SFH where you the investor tie it up with a subject to contract, then try to contact the lender for a short sale, and are able to give the seller some o...

How do you know if IRS tags you as a dealer. Every information out there is only talking about the differences between a dealer and investor. No one is really talking about the actual process. How do you know your cur...

I'm working on listing a commercial property for sale. One of the brokers I'm talking to prepared a doc showing a comparison between a comparable sales approach, and an income (cap rate) approach, to estimate value pe...