Chris Meunier
Pros/Cons to paying off rental property early
Hi Everyone! I have a rental property with the following details:210k loan balance $2500/month rent$6000/yr in income after PITI and costs todayIf I pay off the remaining balance on the loan, I will have over 10% cash...
Austin Hendrickson
Opportunity Zones - new potential PERMANENT tax savings?
Hi Everyone,As a CPA who specializes in real estate I have been doing some reading on the new Opportunity Zones (OZ) passed effective 1/1/18 with the new tax law. While guidance is still a bit unclear and more researc...
Sandy Hammer
2% rule won't work in my market - now what?
Hi, I am new to real estate investing and really appreciate how much I earn from your posts! I am researching how to analyze deals and am having a hard time with some of the amazing deals people post about on here. ...
Joseph M.
Will more stock investors invest in real estate?
This article posted on the Wall St. Journal site was interesting.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324761004578282240778834074.html
It talks about people losing interest in stocks. It doesn't mention t...
Kevin McGuire
Do financial advisors just not get RI?
Hi BP community,It’s taken awhile to get my financial planner to understand what I’m doing with Real Estate Investing. I interviewed a new one from a well regarded independent boutique firm and again he didn’t quite g...
Tj M.
Cash out refi to sit on cash?
Would or have you done a cash out refi at these low rates to just have the money in the bank waiting on a market correction?
Aaron Mazzrillo
Note Terms & Clauses
On another post which we kind of derailed, we got into discussing creative financing techniques and clauses some of us use in notes secured by real estate. You can read more about it here:
Original "Motivatio...
David Fields
Soup to nuts guide by experienced buy and hold investors.
I feel that I am a good everyman when it comes to the average beginner in real estate investing. I've read a lot of books that most accomplished investors have (mostly the Rich Dad series), but have no experience in d...
Alin Toncz
Finally!!!!!!!! My FIRST DEAL EVER!!!!
I finally put up an offer and was accepted. I placed a $ 2,000 bid on a NPN of $ 92,000, but the house has a value of only $ 65,000 max. I'm thinking if I can get the current occupant to agree with a restructured and ...
David Olson
Out of state investing = paralysis by analysis
Hello BP,My Question: Which cities are prime for cash flowing 1-4 unit properties and what metrics specifically do you use and from what site? Census Bureau? REIT reports? etc. Anyways, I'm working on selecting 2 cit...