Linus Cui
Invest multi family in Seattle now and seek guidance and advices
Hi all,I started looking into small multi-family property (5-9) units in the north Seattle areas (Fremont, Wallingford, UW, and Greenlake etc). Based on what I can find from the listed properties, it seems the cap rat...
Cassidy Burns
Overwhelmed with Bookkeeping. How to get organized/Back on Track
Good Morning BP,As Tax Season approaches, and this being my first full year of real estate investing, I realize that the one task that I personally am absolutely am horrible at and hate doing is bookkeeping. I have t...
Gabe C.
Pimp my kitchen?
I just closed on a place today (4/3/1), and we've shown it to a few prospective tenants, who are interested, but think the kitchen is dumpy and want either a rent reduction or a facelift for our asking price ($1500). ...
J. Martin
Negotiating Purchase of Vacant Lot in Bay Area tomorrow. Advice?
Going to try to negotiate the purchase of vacant lot tomorrow. Any advice?I’m meeting the owner of a vacant lot tomorrow to try to negotiate the purchase of a vacant lot in the San Francisco Bay Area. It’s a killer pr...
Luke Perrin
Does filing one tax return for multiple LLCs negate asset protection?
My wife and I own 2 rental properties in Colorado that we are working on getting into LLCs for asset protection purposes. I also have a single member LLC for work. We have a Wyoming LLC owned 50/50 between the two of ...
Elizabeth S.
A Never Ending Saga of BS
Hey all,I need to vent this story. I feel so burned by REI right now I just can't wait for this fiasco to be over with. This is what's going on:April 2017I was living with my ex-boyfriend in Queens, NY and looking for...
Alex K.
Investing in Detroit
Many opportunities in the Metro Detroit area where you can buy a house for pennies on the dollar. Cheapest in the nation. What are your thoughts ?
John Hickey
Killing it by turning crack dens into safe housing
I’d like to share my strategies here to help others make money and turn the worst war zone, vacant areas into safe spots for families to live.
I’m by no means the only one doing it. It’s just hard to find people t...
David Sosna
So you want to make the neighborhood better, huh?
A big dilemma we are dealing with it gentrification and what it means to us. We want to invest in our own neighborhood for many reasons. We want to be close to our houses. We love it here. We love the mix of middle cl...
Anant Lal
How to respond to unnecessary repair requests.
I just had a new set of tenants move into my rental. Their initial move-in form noted a few conditions that they asked to have repaired. Although I was able to fix most of the issues, there were one or two that I coul...