Brie Schmidt
The riskiest housing markets in the U.S.
The real estate rollercoaster ride for U.S. homeowners isn't new. Some markets had even rockier rides in the early 1980s or '90s.When so much wealth is tied up in one asset, the risk -- or stability -- of a local mark...
Nick Colucci
Heating System for a Student Rental in the North East
Hello BP! I'm looking for some insight into a decision that needs to be made soon. Thanks in advance for all your valuable feedback.The Backstory:I am managing a Single Family House (which is .5 miles from the center...
Drew Steusloff
Rental Rate Data and Comps
Hi BP,
I am playing with the numbers on some potential deals and I'm struggling to come up with rental rates. I have primarily looked at listings on craigslist as well as rentals on sites like Zillow and Realtor. How...
Cal Ewing
List Source - Language and Ethnicity Query
Hey BP, I am toying with the idea of sending my direct mail pieces written in Spanish to addresses that are predominantly Spanish speaking because my farm area has a lot of Hispanic people living there. I feel that if...
Angie Gould
Long distance investing - getting started
Hey everyone. I'm just getting started in long-distance investing and have been doing a lot of research on potential new locations to dive into. I'm getting stuck in analysis paralysis because there's an endless numbe...
Logan Turner
Comps off MLS
This may be a naive question, but here goes: When a realtor pulls comps from the MLS from properties that have sold or are under contract, it is just showing me the list price. This is not the actual accepted offer / ...
Fahima Hilal
AirBnB with OPP -Robyn Thompson/Brian's course
Does anyone have any opinion or review about the course by Brian (tie-up with Robyn Thompson-The Queen of Rehab ) I just finished a webinar on it -He proposes renting properties from owners and turning them and puttin...
Daniel Rutledge
Mobile homes or single family.
I am looking at both mobile homes and single family homes as options for cash flowing rentals. In my area a 3 bed 2 bath mobile would go for an all in price around 50k but the same size single family would run about 8...
Kyler J Sloan
Metric for Success in Real Estate?
I am just curious -- why do I continue to hear of the following as an indication of success in real estate when neither is appropriate? --
[1] "# of Doors" (i.e. "I have 40 doors in my portfolio")
[2] "X Dollar Po...
Mike Brady
Property Mgr in St. Louis county ( Missouri)
Does anyone know of a good property mgr in the St. Louis County Missouri area. One that you know is trust worthy and reliable Im renovating a SFR in the west county area thanks