I've gotten a lot of questions lately about rehab and renovation costs.  I think it's very tough for new people to understand the real cost of renovating an apartment, house or building.  I also see a lot of posts fro...

I am finishing up my rehab of my first rental property. Does anyone have any tips/ advice to help make sure my property will appraise for what I planned on based on my rehab? I don’t want the property to appraise low ...

Hello,I have been hearing on BP podcasts that tenant turnovers can equal about $6000-8000 (one host even said up to $10k, if I recall correctly) when lost rent and repair/upgrade costs are factored together. That seem...

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From what I understand, with no experience in real estate investing, mobile homes only depreciate and that banks don’t see them as having any increase in value after repairs. Is this true? I would like to begin...

Hi,A friend is seriously considering building a detached 600 square foot ADU in their backyard in Southern California (specifically the Westlake/Moorpark area in Ventura county). It will have separate metering (electr...

Hello, I am a newbie at real estate investing... I bought a 2 flat in Chicago in an up and coming neighborhood (Logan/Avondale area) about 10 yrs ago. Newbie because I bought it as a primary home at first, but now wan...

Hi all, newbie here. I have read many threads and sincerely value the experience and wisdom of many of you.

I am a 24 year old young professional, I make 30k/year. I have 30k sitting in the bank and am interested to...

My tenant of 5 years is vacating next week, so I'm planning on renovating the 2nd unit in my 2-flat with plans to sell by the end of summer. The vast majority of my experience is in C class rentals, where durability a...

Hi Guys! I've been in hiatus for a while now. So, Christmas is right around the corner and as procrastinators always do, we are shopping around for a vacation property to rent for Christmas week in Lake Arrowhead/Big ...

I have spent a lot of time on this area in the last few years.   We manage larger apartment communities that range from C to A class market rate apartment or mixed use buildings with most properties being over 50 unit...