Bill Gulley
How Profitable Is Property Management?
I received a question about profitabilty of being a PM. I thought about it. I've had PMs at times 10% of rents. I'm thinking around here average rents are probably $500, that's $50 bucks plus first months rent.
$110...
Jag Sekhon
Investing Out of State?
As someone looking to buy their first buy-and-hold investment property sometime within the next year or two, it's really disheartening analyzing properties in my area. I live in San Jose (right in the heart of the ...
Jc M.
Being Swallowed Alive: The Collapse of San Francisco
I was born and raised in San Francisco and as we all know, this city is changing big time. My wife and I felt fortunate that we were able to buy a home here in 2016 despite the astronomical cost. Our children know not...
Miles Smith
What would you do if you were 18?
Hello everyone I'm turning 18 in July and am fortunate enough to have a family who has started a fund in my name when I was born which has grown to $80k in cash and $60k in stocks. I live in southern California in the...
Herwin G.
Buyers' agents giving commission rebates?
Hey BP, a friend recently mentioned that there are some buyers' agents that offer commission rebates of 1% or so. And since the commission is already factored into sale price (as the seller pays the commissions) thoug...
David Hodge
Helping mother-in-law find cashflow
My mother-in-law recently sold her primary residence and downsized since the kids are all moved out. She's looking for something that would provide her with good cash flow as she is very close to retiring. She doesn...
Jan Kutrzeba
Gut or sell my SFR that has constant maintenance issues?
Hi BP,I need your advice on whether I should get rid of my problematic out of state SFR rental property or take a loan to gut it.It’s a 120-year old 4br 1ba SFR in a not-so-good part of Allentown, PA - very typical to...
Douglas Middleton
HELOC 1st Lien Position
Hi fellow BP Colleagues! I am searching for a lender that will provide a HELOC in the 1st lien position on 3 rental properties I own. I am finding lots of evidence of this elusive loan product around the BP forums,...
Tucker Cummings
Thoughts on Cashing out my 401k
I'm wrestling with cashing out my 401k and I'm wondering if this is something I should do with mine and my wife's 401k. The purpose would be to push it into real estate. Total we have about 70k in our collective 401k....
JD Martin
Kiyosaki has spoken - October economic crash coming!
Well, I guess we (collectively) are going to see how smart Robert Kiyosaki is, at least when it comes to predictions. On a news program he makes the bold prediction that real estate & the stock market are going to...