Vishesh Shah
Which Newark Areas Should You Buy and Which to Avoid?
Hi fellow BPers, I have been investing into Bergen, Union, and Essex Counties in NJ, specifically Newark, as my focus right now. I feel like there is room for a low of growth in certain areas in Newark, following Iron...
Kyle Mann
Looking at my first investment property in Philadelphia
I have an opportunity to invest in a "row house" in Philadelphia (19122 zip code). It is a few blocks from Temple University. Can anyone provide me with some real world (living and/or investing) experience in this are...
Joshua Chen
Creating an investment plan
Hey all! How did you guys go about creating your investment plans? Anybody have interesting stories with that?
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...
Glenn Espinosa
How I increased my productivity and added 4 hrs to my day
Guys, I just wanted to share the best tool I've found to help with productivity.
The app is called SelfControl and its free for Mac users. Basically it allows you to list websites you want to block and then lets you...
Emma Powell
Professionalism when using FB for business networking
I use LinkedIn and Facebook both for business networking and get a lot of connection requests from strangers that I will accept after I vet it's a real person etc, then send a PM expressing I'm happy to have them in m...
Kasia Harmata
How do I figure out the ARV if there are no comps ?
I am looking a certain neighborhoods and looking to find the ARV's for 2,3,and 4 unit buildings. For some of these, I can't find comps, even by searching as far back as the MLS states. If I buy a property, renovate, a...
Mike Rodrigues
What am I doing wrong?
Ok,
Last year I did my taxes with H&R Block. I own my house, but I rent out two rooms inside. I have done the math with the square footage, and I rent 41% of the home out. When I did my taxes last ye...
Erin McNamara
Question about Tenant Parking Rights
Hello! We are new to being landlords and we recently rented out a studio apartment that sits behind our house to our first tenant this fall. My question is that we had stated in the lease agreement that we would prov...
Zachary Lowe
Build a better neighborhood or pipe dream?
While investigating potential buy/hold properties in an area I'm moving to recently, I came across an interesting (to me anyway) property. It appears to be a portfolio sell-off of six rental properties. A six-unit...