Kevin Seiler
Criteria in selecting a city for out of state investing
Greetings all! I purchased my first OOS rental property in Lawrence, KS last year. The reasons I did so was because of affordability, it is a university town and my daughter lived there and could be my boots on the ...
Allen Tracy
Small Commercial Multifamily Markets
I'm partnering with a few other investors, all of us currently have some out of state small multifamily properties, and we're starting our research on good markets for small commercial multifamily that we can buy toge...
Joshua Cook
Interest Paid vs. Asset Gained. What would you do?
My Current Real Scenario:I have a primary residence in FL with a VA home loan attached to it with a 2.2% interest and only 10% of my money in the home and the value, though dropping, is almost double the mortgage. My ...
Wesley Mitchell
Little to no money and want to invest in City of brotherly love
West Philadelphia born and raised, on the play.. you know how it goes. This is my first post on bigger pockets and I’m Extremely excited about real estate investment in my city. What I want to know am I jumping the gu...
Casey Martin
Using gifted house to acquire another situation?
Hey all,I have been trying for a couple of months to figure this out on my own and would like some input please. This is the situation.I am being gifted my mothers house which is paid off. I’d like to move her closer ...
Blair Treu
I need a good team to help me find/manage rentals in St. Louis
I don't live in Saint Louis but I'm looking to invest there. Experience has taught me that when investing out of state, I need a competent and trustworthy team to succeed. Specifically, I'm looking for a property mana...
Vincent Dsouza
Evicting a Section 8 Tenant
Hi,I am considering buying a single family property. The property is listed at lower value compared to other properties in the vicinity. The only downside is there is a Section -8 tenant living there (have not recei...
Jeff Smith
Seller Finance in foreclosure, should I help them or...?
Scenario -- seller has foreclosure sale date in a few days and they are 25K behind. Their payments are $1650 per mo. I was thinking of bringing them current, taking over the payments, and keeping them in the house, un...
Max Householder
1% Rule Calculation
A few quick questions about the 1% rule while digesting the BP Intro to Real Estate Analysis.
Do you subtract vacancy from gross monthly rent to get the numerator?
What do you use for the denominator? A...
Frank Barletta
Houston: F the Weather but invest anyways.
A friend recently asked me to compare two Houston zip codes, 77008 and 77063, from an investment perspective.
Now, I'm a big fan of Texas but the first thing I said to him was the weather is HORRENDOUS. Anything simi...