Diego Maramba
Begin Rehab Prior to Close?
I have my first investment property under contract with a scheduled close date of August 8th. My plan is make it available for student rental housing given the proximity (less than 1 mile) to the university. Most stud...
Chase Gochnauer
Looking at first commercial deal - thoughts?
I do some residential rehabs, looking to get into a some longer term properties as part of diversification.Property is two buildings side-by-side. One building is 6 residential apartments, other building is 3 retail/o...
Scott Kohler
Student Housing Renting Method
I own a 6 bedroom, 2 bathroom house on Ball State University's campus. It has three bedrooms and a bathroom on each level with the laundry and kitchen being on the lower level and the living room area being on the upp...
Nellie Fitzgerald
Water remediation crew did more damage than the water
Recently we had a minor sewer backup, which soaked the carpet pad but didn't leave any standing water. We hired a pro water remediation company and asked them to remove dry wall, base boards, carpet, and drop fans, de...
Account Closed
Pantry or Laundry Room?
I am renovating a home and the kitchen has very small closet/pantry space. The plan is to move the washer dryer into the garage and use the laundry room as the new kitchen pantry. The good news if we do this the sma...
Anna Buffkin
Satisfying your "why" while staying small
I just finished reading Chad Carson's bp blog post, "Why the Massive Real Estate Empire You Think You Want Won't Give You the Life You Imagine". It really rang true for me. I see a lot of wannabe investors, newbies,...
Dan Shoemaker
Resell Strategy?
Just curious here... How many of you who are flipping properties use a realtor on the back side vs. using other methods to sell the house (i.e. do it yourself MLS, For Sale Signs, etc). While I do see the benefit of ...
Shadi Ayyoubi
DC Mixed Use / Airbnb
BP Community hope all is well! I'm evaluating the acquisition of a currently 3-story mixed-use building in DC. Two apartments up top and retail on the ground level. I'd likely occupy one apartment and convert ground ...
Mitch Stech
Newbie Investor Trying to Build an Empire
Hey BP! I am a new member/forum lurker who is looking to make some connections and gather some insight or thoughts on what I should do as far as my next steps in my real estate game. A little about me: right now I am ...
Justin B.
Entity? Needed or not
So I posted another topic on BP about how many SFR's in a LLC was too many. I was taken aback a little bit when the first 2 replies were that I didn't even need an LLC, just a good umbrella policy. I replied back...