Bryan Danger
Exit Strategy/What's your "number"?
I spend a bit of time reading and contributing to different forums... Real Estate, FIRE/Early Retirement, Sailing, Overlanding - and every time I come here to BP I'm left wondering why the discussions/goals I see on ...
Bill Plymouth
Multi-Families on the MLS and the 1% rule
Hey everyone. I'm looking at multi-families on the MLS, but I'm a little confused. Some of the properties are going for 4-500k in my market, but they don't produce 4k a month in cashflow. When does the 1-2% rule co...
Marcello Di Gerlando
20k in bookings in the first week with Evolve!
Two years in the making - one year late and we have our 1st STR just outside Breckinridge CO. We chose to go with Evolve vaction rentals because of the low cost, low hassle and professional recommendations. So far so ...
Joshua Dorkin
Diary of a New Construction Project
Back in March 2013, BiggerPockets and J Scott collaborated to release two books -- The Book on Flipping Houses and The Book on Estimating Rehab Costs (check them out here if you haven't already). As part of the book ...
Kishor Y.
First time home buyer need suggestions for grounding up a primary
As you know, Seattle real estate is hot and looking to buy a duplex house in Bellevue, Redmond, Kirkland or Bothell for around 2400 Sft. My budget is 650k. I can stretch a 100k more. I am having hard time to find anyt...
Michael D.
AB 1436 - Additional tenant protections
Since I'm still new here I figured I should start contributing by sharing this to the group. A bill pending with the California legislature just came across my desk, AB 1436. A link and a summary appear below. It's...
Valdemar Espino
Divorce buyout advice
Hello BP community. My parents own a duplex in the Los Ángeles area and they are currently going through a divorce. My mother wants to keep the house and my father is willing to accept cash in exchange for his share i...
Paul Johnson
Introduction of BP's newest biggest fan
Hey guys, sorry its taken me a few days to introduce myself. Between work and reading up on the forums and Investing in Real Estate (Also bought Flipping Houses and joined 123Flip) I've somehow found myself very focu...
Sean Haardt
Harvey and my mother in law's house in South Houston
Hello BP community. Thanks in large part to BP, I purchased my first duplex this summer in Western Maryland. I look forward to helping others on BP reach their goals as I have been helped. But I urgently need advice a...
Patrick Menefee
Are the 1% and 50% rule mathematically compatible?
While the 1% and 50% rules are widely used by people of varying levels of experience, they're just guidelines that aren't a hard and fast rule. I know in my market for example that 1% is insufficient, I need closer to...