Robin Evans
Tenants complain about vent cleanness
Dear BP friends, hope you all had a great Thanksgiving holiday! A tenant of ourshas just complained today about vent cleanness after he lives in the unit for 10 months. He sent us a pic of the ceiling after bathroom e...
Account Closed
If you had $160k in cash, how would you enter the market?
Hey guys - my first post on BP, and absolutely thrilled to be here seeing how everyone seems pretty knowledgeable about building wealth. Was wondering your opinions...
Right now I have roughly $160,000 in expendable ...
Lin Ding
Negotiate price reduction near closing (today's market)
Hi BP community I'm under contract for a couple of months now. I found this house I like in an expensive market that I'm moving to in September. FYI This 2-family I'm going to househack and rent out the rent. At that ...
Stephen E.
Move Out Inspection with Drug Dealer?
I have a tenant who is moving out after having been busted with a large amount of drugs (approx $10,000) in the unit. I had started eviction proceedings against him but it seems he has moved out in advance of that ta...
Phillip Joo
College Respect?
HI BP, I was at a Financial College meeting with a man I've met twice. Everything was about college, until he asked, "Do you want to go to college?" I answered, saying that I knew it was a terrible investment that Im ...
Ken Latchers
Real Estate Guru Speak - some thoughts
Although I started in real estate some 20 years ago, I have been watching a wide variety of webinars recently, seeing if there are truly useful ideas out there
So far, these are some thoughts I have:
- Value - many ...
Bienes Raices
.Housing Fades as a Means to Build Wealth, Analysts Say
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/23/business/economy/23decline.html?hp
It seems like they might be jumping the gun a bit. Yesterday they had an article that small time investors are leaving the stock market. But people...
Rich Weese
OK-mathematicians, where are you??
A reply on another thread made me wonder about something. Mikeoh mentioned fannie mae is showing 5% appreciation annually over the past 50 years on average. The Rule Of 72 says that to find out how long it takes to do...
Will Barnard
Fear Running Rampant!
Background for those that don't know me: I am a full time real estate investor and I have invested in nearly every aspect of real estate. Recently, I have added transactional funding services to short sale and REO inv...
Shadonna N.
Tax Stategies for a 1M+ real estate sale
I know an owner (very old school) who is ready to retire and liquidate his portfolio. He has a few buildings in DC valued at over $1M . He has already started to sell off some of his properties. He does not employ ...