Jason Merchey
Q. About Cap Rates and Compression/Expansion in Underwriting
I was thinking about the assumption that the cap rate will expand by 20 basis points in a 5 year period in a syndication I’m considering. From 4.5% at acquisition to 5.5% upon predicted exit. I was asking myself if it...
Juan Carlos Castillo
Meeting a wholesaler
Questions for wholesalers,I'm looking at buying my first property from a wholesaler and asked her if she would like to meet up and discuss seeing as it's my first property and I have lots of questions.She immediately ...
Brian Black
Cost of Management options - looking for creativity & options
As we are growing I am considering asking my property manager to cut his fees. He is awesome. However, we also need to cash flow and are bringing value by the number of units under management. How is everyone else han...
Shawn M.
Pay Rent Online?
The last renter I had paid by cash or money order. Now that I will be renting out two units in the next month I am wondering if I should go with an online option to pay rent. How do you collect your rent? Do you us...
Eric F.
Mobile homes as rentals?
Hi Everyone,
I am buying a mobile home this Saturday and have a couple of potential buyers lined up to do a Lonnie deal. Finally, my first success!
The park owner I met with said another man is trying ...
Shawn Dulan
Nonprofit Real Estate Investment Company ?
What’s up y’all. Shawn the Newbie here. Me and 3 of my friends have pooled money together and starting a real estate investing company. We spoke with one accountant who suggested we become a nonprofit as opposed to LL...
Ty Primers
Construction Management Degree towards RE Development
I’m a college student currently enrolled in drafting and design but I have been seriously debating switching to construction management. I currently have no real construction experience but I noticed CM is more planni...
Nicholas Varner
Cleveland Property Survey Grades Cleveland Properties
Very interesting work done by Thriving Communities Institute program of the Western Reserve Land Conservancy that provided a report card grade of A-F for each home in Cleveland. You can use the map in this story to re...
Jeff Piscioniere
Offering of Netflix as a guest amenity
Hello BiggerPockets VR friends! I've heard that some people offer their guests Netflix. We own a VR cabin in Gatlinburg, TN and this would seem to be a really nice amenity to consider adding. Here's the problem, I ...
Aaron Xie
Why no buyer brokers in commercial real estate transactions?
I just found out that more than 80% of commercial real estate transactions have no buyer brokers. That means buyers are not represented or protected in commercial transactions! Is there a reason for that? Is it becaus...