Alan Walker
Our Market: Q1 2020 vs. Q1 2021
Q1 2020 vs. Q1 2021: This is an interesting contrast, check out the increase in median home price in Q1 this year versus last and look at the reduction in homes sold this year. A lot of people talk about a bubble in ...
Cody Barrett
Require tenants have their own appliances?
Hello!I have read a few posts about having your tenant have their own appliances to increase the chances of a solid long lasting tenant. More focus would be put into making the rooms look very nice, clean, welcoming,...
Keith Behney
Water/sewer...what to do?
Recently purchased a four unit and trying to decide what to do about the water/sewer. Guardian seems like a good way to go but to pay $500 each and $2,000 for their meters seems like a lot. What is your opinion?
Carlos Ptriawan
How to forecasting future appreciation
There are lot more noise how to predict/guess future appreciation, some folks are using jobs number, some are using family number. But the simplest one to predict future appreciation is just as simple as counting the ...
Alex Webster
Investor Returns Calculation
Hi All,I am new into real estate and have recently taken on outside investors. I would like to hear feedback on the best way to calculate investor returns. I will write out an example below to see if anyone can help m...
Jiro Weng
Unfinished Basement Permits
Does anyone know if you need permits to finish out a basement in Cobb County? In the Austell Area in specific. Also what adds equity to homes in Cobb county? Is it worth to add bedrooms and bathrooms to my home?Also i...
Brandon Snyder
Yet another math problem
Thank you so much for helping me out so far, everyone. I got another math problem for you:"A buyer purchased a SFR three years ago for $195,000. The property has appreciated at the rate of 5% annually. If this is true...
Daniel Scott
DST's seem like serious rip-offs - here is analysis of an offer
I've been shopping for DST's - got a typical one sent to me, and analyzed the numbers, and compared it to simply buying a totally well-managed replacement residential income property. The difference? One immediately...
Maureen F.
Maximizing Section 8 Rent -- Boston (Dorchester/Roxbury)
My son has a 3-unit house under agreement with a S. 8 tenant in a 3BR unit. (He will owner-occupy one of the units.) It's in the Dorchester/Roxbury area, I guess we could call it a C+/B- area. The current owner jus...
Shawn Coverdell
When to 1031 forward
Thinking ahead. I am accumulating SFH and Duplexes with pretty good cash flow. Assuming that I can borrow 70% from the equity currently, Is there an easy way to determine when it is best to 1031 up VS refinancing for ...