Bojan Kovacevic
How to tell if your market is in a bubble or not
Something I heard a while ago is that if renting a home is cheaper than buying it in an area, then most likely that area is in a bubble. For example in my area a single family detached home (4 bedroom, 2-3 bathroom...
Matthew Gainey
2% Rule
I was explained how the 2% rule works but I have confused myself as I'm sitting here thinking about how to use it and what it is exactly for. Please help!
Roy N.
Rent too low... or so I was told today.
Like many of you, I am use to potential tenants telling me the rent is high and trying to negotiate it down - with many of our international students, this exchange is just part of the process as culturally you haggle...
Tony Schober
Pics of a $25k SFH rental purchase?
Great site. I have been reading through all the past posts, and have noticed that many of you like lower priced housing to use as cash flow properties. I am having a hard time wrapping my head around this $25k figure ...
Wendy Lavana
Low Income Housing - Creating an pool of donations from property owners to maintain neighborhood, any advice.
Last year I purchased two fourplexes in a low income housing neighborhood in Ft Lauderdale. Three years prior to my purchase I lived no more than 3 blocks from the area I recently purchased in and while I was there I ...
Jay Hinrichs
IZ rules for for new constrution Multi family
read an interesting article in business journal while I was at title company waiting to sell a prop.rush for permits in PDX last half of 2016 to beat the Inclusionary zoning rules.. IE 20 % or so of any new apartments...
Andrew Hamilton
Need Career Advice- Residential V Commerical
Hello!I've been on BP for a few months now. Never posted or commented just reading. But now I need some advice.Background: I have a double major in Finance and Economics so I like the numbers but I don't like crunchi...
Steven Chen
Made 800k in stocks in 2020; real estate strategies to lower tax?
The 800k have all been cashed out from stocks and are all short term gains. Should I buy several multi family houses in this economy that might experience a recession, and cost segregate it to lower my taxes? Or shoul...
Josh Stack
A "Hall Analysis" of Gastonia as a Market for Buy&Hold Rentals
Hey Everyone,There has been some good discussion about Gastonia lately, particularly in this thread started by @Johnny Szeto. While there has been some excellent discussion and some anecdotal evidence shared by @Ty...
Kyle O'Donnell
Forbearance ending. Opportunity?
The CARES act ends on June 21, 2021. Federally backed loans (FHA, VA) will resume payments and I’m sure many borrowers will default. Are we on the precipice of serious opportunity? Short sales, foreclosures? What stra...