David McCracken
How to do heating in triplex with basement, 1st floor, 2nd floor
Hi BP,I own an upper/lower duplex. I'm converting it into a triplex by finishing part of the basement into a studio flat. The basement flat is a small space, only about 300 sqft. There is one furnace so the heating is...
Kevin C.
SFR Designs For Rentals
I am considering building a owner occupied / rental property in southern California on a lot that is zoned for single family housing. Ideally I would prefer to build multi-family on a lot zoned for multifamily but at ...
Geoff Biddle
New in bucks county pa looking to get my feet wet
Hello everyone,I'm new and looking to start investing. My long term goal is to use real estate investing to build a secure future for myself and my family. I currently work and go to school part time, but I do have pl...
Matthew Bailey
SF Bay Area Condo Conversion?
Hello! I live in the SF bay area, renting half a duplex in Sunnyvale ($2500/mo) and I'd like to find some way to live in this area long term buy obviously I've got to be clever about it. (I have a girlfriend who doe...
Ryan Moses
Are we seeing the last of short sales?
One of the incentives of a short sale was that you got a tax break based on an act passed by Congress in 2007.
Short sales are classified as debt forgiveness, therefore in a normal situation homeowners would have t...
Eric Shiva
Market is so hot!! Dont have 100k cash
Hey!! So I’m a new investor in the Denver area, I am really trying to get my first property to BRRRR, I have many connections in the construction side so I’m thinking this strategy can work for me!! However, the Marke...
Matthew Wyn
Airbnb guest wants to extend stay and pay directly. Allow it?
Airbnb guest is a foreign visitor, and wants to pay directly to save on all their airbnb fees. They want to stay here a few months, so airbnb would take a fairly hefty fee from them.Guest has been here a little while ...
Jay Hinrichs
Landlords will you give tenants affected by virus a break on rent
I am curious how the landlords on this site will handle tenants whose jobs are going to be impacted by all the conventions being cancelled and hotel rooms being cancelled and flights being cancelled etc etc. We know o...
Pete Schwan
Riddle..I thought I knew what I was doing...
So...I recently bought a property planning on using the BRRRR strategy. I used a private lender because this property was a "3 Season" cottage on a lake and didn't have heat or insulation, and therefore wouldn't quali...
Tamara Shipp
Newbie ... but no spring chicken
I am nearing retirement age, and unfortunately, I have no retirement savings. My only nest egg is about $60K in equity in my primary residence. I also own (and rent out) a second property that has little equity but is...