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Dear ICSC Member,In the wee hours of this morning the U.S. Senate passed its version of a tax reform bill by a 51-49 margin along party lines. Senator Bob Corker (R-TN) was the only Republican to vote against it due t...
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A friend of mine recently bought a 7-unit apartment in San Diego. Since the rent roll was too low, she had to secure financing through a private lender that based the loan on market rent rather than the current rent. ...
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Hello RE investors!
I am pretty excited to announce that after close to a year of being in Analysis Paralysis, I have had my offer accepted and am currently in the process of possibly closing by the end of the month ...
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Here is yet another multi-family deal analysis that I am doing. This one is a 20 unit apartment complex in Olathe, Kansas, which is in the Kansas City suburbs. The location is near downtown Olathe, which is older and ...
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Hi there, I am new to real estate investing and just finished reading Brandon Turner's book on Real estate investing, he mentioned in some podcasts about how important knowing the terminology is and I was wondering if...
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I'm very new at property ownership in all forms, having bought my first house, a duplex, in November 2021. I took an out-of-state job shortly after, which had me move last May. I converted the property from the prim...
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As the topic states, will cash flowing properties disappear when interest rates increases?
Once rates go higher than 5%+ the debt service on the loan is going to increase. Not to mention the market will likely be le...
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We're about to close on our first property, a duplex. One side is recently vacant, the other is rented. The current rent is 600 and we're going to raise the rent on the unrented side to 700. I'd like to raise the r...
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Dear BP Members:Hope you all are doing well . I wanted to get some advice and also best practices. I recently purchased a 9 unit bldg. and the rents are at least $200 below market value in the surrounding area (Heat a...
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A look into Austin MSA related to real estate before & after the COVID-19 pandemic, and into the future.
I wrote a similar paper almost a year ago today, good cross reference for this read.
Leading up to and con...