I see a lot of people say they want to go local, and while I understand the sentiment, one of the biggest myths I see perpetuated in lending, or insurance, or appraisers, etc. is that local is better.  There are defin...

OK, I'm 60 years old and have started building my investment portfolio late in life.  I have a lot of other older friends who see real estate as the means to fill in the gaps/shortages as the plan or live their retire...

Looking for some perspective on management fee. Some background: I toured a 15 unit property with a pm rep and the company worked up a budget for the property based on something similar they manage. The budget has ...

I hope to pick someone's brain on this:

I am building a speculative (spec) home in an unincorporated subdivision outside of San Antonio. Comps in the neighborhood generally have 9' ceilings; my plans call f...

Hello fellow investors, this is my first post here. I wanted some help and advice from more experienced investors to analyze this deal - which I believe would be a killer deal for cash buyers to grab - but which I'm n...

Hi,
I am looking at a four unit property which was built in 1926. The owner furnished the following:

Sell price 130,000
Rent- 23640
Operating Expense- 11315 - (Gas 3852, electric - 4260 Tax and Insurance 3200)

Net ...

I've found an 8 I like, but one of the things that gives me pause is the type of tenant I'll get.

They probably don't stay as long on average, right? Any thing else?

The 4's I've had are all traditional, center ent...

Hi there,
I've been researching investing in some apartment complexes and/or multifamily (single-family homes too, in fact) in Fayetteville, NC. The presence of Fort Bragg there, as well as the affordability of RE in...

So our Property Manager pushed us to sell our rental through Roofstock...mostly because he wanted to see the process, how it works, timeliness, blah blah for selling other properties.Anyway, it seems like it's been on...

Hello BP Community - I am a new investor looking for fixer upper deals. I have found a few older homes built in the 70s while driving for dollars, and today just found something on the MLS built in 1936 that I may inv...