Matt Padlo
Introducing myself: Matt Padlo
I'm Matt Padlo, I'm a real estate agent. I was born and raised in Turlock CA. Still reside here to this day. My broker is KW fresno, and my wife Alaina is from Santa Cruz, so I get around the state fairly often. I sta...
Sean Johnson
Manufactured homes for buy and hold
The numbers on a couple manufactured homes I am looking at are great. But they were built in the early 90s. I worry that if I hold on to them for 10-20 years, they may literally fall apart and then I am just left wi...
Shiloh Lundahl
Teaching Kids About Investing. How do you do it?
Right now my wife home schools our 3 oldest kids. Earlier this week, I had the opportunity to teach the math lesson. My kids learned the term Cash on Cash Return and then worked out the CoC Return for each property ...
Teri B.
City Owned Steps but Private Repair?
Hello. Wanted to bounce this off someone as a first step, please.Rental property has about 6 concrete stairs (carriage walk) going from the street to the sidewalk. Steep grassy hill in front, so hard to get from str...
Pablo Araujo
Is renting a mobile homes a good start?
I have a 4 arces of land I plan on spliting the lot. i can only have one house/ moblie home for 2 acres or more. I like to put a moblie home in 2 arces and the do the same with the other two acres and rent it out. i ...
Eric Bette
Cash Reserves for Real Estate: How much? Where?
Hi All-I'm preparing to buy my second SFH in the next 6 months or so, provided the right deal is there. I really need some help regarding the best way to posture my finances in the meantime so I'm ready to take advant...
Chris Baxter
Is this the right way to rehab a flat roof?
It's time to re-roof one of our MF buildings and I don't have any experience dealing with flat roofs with torch-on membranes. The surface of the roof is ~5500 ft sq, and the building is in a cold climate (nice summer...
Antoine Pippens
Building an investing property good idea??
I have been throwing the idea around about building a multi family unit. I’m in Indianapolis where 95% of multi units are in low grade D neighborhoods possibly F! I found nice size lots extremely cheap around 3-12k i...
Luke Petro
Rat Infestation in multifamily unit in McKinley Park, Chicago
Hello!
I recently bought a multifamily in Chicago. During the inspection we noticed some mouse traps and a few mouse droppings--no big deal. Recently, the tenants started complaining of loud noises in the walls and...
Victor Eng
Avoiding a roof replacement
Hello BP community,I'm looking to avoid having to replace a roof. It's probably about 20 years old, asphalt three tab shingle, black (gray now due to the wear and tear). No leaks, no damage from plywood on the undersi...