Phillip Gainey
Chris Clothier - Memphis Invest
Has anyone ever bought a rental property in Memphis from this person?
He lists MANY properties for sale in the BP "properties" section at what appears to be highly INFLATED prices. Also makes what appears to be unli...
Brian Walters
How should I invest my money?
Okay, so I built a brand new home in 2013. Before I even broke ground my home was appraised at $161,000 on paper. I made some major modifications and some huge upgrades to my blueprint. I now have a new metal building...
Cameron C.
Committing Mortgage Fraud via Househacking Strategy
Hey BP,I'll try to keep a long story short. Currently about to purchase a 4BR 2.5 bath single family that I rent in Pittsburgh and turn my 3 roommates into tenants. The advantage of this is that it will continue to ...
Gayla Kemp
Investors, do you own your personal home or rent?
I have been listening to podcasts and youtubes and I keep hearing people say that investors should not own their own home, they should rent. Can someone please explain the logic behind this. I have 55% equity in my ...
Jack B.
Which cash flow markets lost little equity during last downturn?
I'm trying to figure out where to 1031 exchange my Seattle area properties to in order to ride out the next recession. I don't plan on doing this right now as the economic indicators point to a few more years of upsid...
Ben Leybovich
What is Bad Debt?
There's been a lot of discussion on the forums as it relates to differentiating bad debt from good. The most common view on BP is that any debt which does not produce investment returns is bad debt.I, for the most pa...
Mitch Casey
Running the BRRRR Equation Numbers and No Properties Seem to Work
Hi all,Currently looking into getting our first BRRRR property here in Utah. I have been looking for properties that fit the script. Have found some pretty beat up properties that need a lot of TLC. However, when I pl...
Felicia West
Getting major negative cash flow on deal analysis
Hi there. I’m a new investor and have begun using the rental property calculator on bigger pockets for my market.I’ve only analyzed about ten properties so far, but I am getting about negative $1000 cash flow per mon...
Jessica Vollendorf
Creative ways to post rent price when utilities are included.
I'm wondering if there is a creative way to list my rent price. Currently the utility prices are included in the rent because I don't have split meters. The problem with this is that it drives up the cost of the rent ...
Dave Hurt
Our first restaurant build out - before and after!
Hello All, The commercial RE forum seemed like the best place to post this.I just wanted to share before and after pics of our first bar/restaurant build out! This is our first project and we have certainly learned a...