John Meyers
Updating a Kitchen and Baths
I help a lot of landlords buy and rent out Chicagoland rental buildings. -- On occasion, the rental unit has gotten to be too outdated to attract quality renters.How do you determine the quality level for upgrades in ...
Chan Le
LP syndication vs buy-it-yourself multi-family IRR
I'm torn between buying a few medium-sized multi family every year or just put my extra $$$ into syndications as Limited Partner. I guess LP in syndication will surely bring lower return than buy-it-myself, but how mu...
Ayodeji Kuponiyi
What comes first? Cap Ex before the NOI or after?
Hey BP Nation! I shared another deal I'm underwriting and came across the issue of Cap Ex with some BP members. I included the Cap in my 55% of the expenses and apparently I was wrong for this that. I was told the fol...
Brian Bradley
CA Residents Protect your Assets through State Exemption
If you are a CA resident searching about Asset Protection one option for your, if you qualify, is the Private Retirement Plan (PRP) which provides one of the highest levels of protection for your assets. PRPs are ide...
Adam Craig
How soon can I refinance a commercial building?
I am looking to purchase a historic house converted to a 4 unit office building right in great trendy downtown area - I would be converting it to 6 spaces and using one space for my own business. The price is 275K.
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Finding investors
What is your strategy for finding investors to assign properties to?
Danny Day
New member from Texas
Just dropping in to introduce my self, my name is Danny and I'm a student attending a college in central Texas. I came here looking for knowledge and advice as I make my way into the real estate world. I am young, and...
Michael Fratalia
Urban Land Institute Classes and Events
Hi everyone,Does anybody have any experience with an Urban Land Institute membership, classes or events? The ULI membership itself is steep but the classes aren't cheap either.I'm located in Boston and these two event...
Paul Santos
Newbie from Phoenix, Arizona metro area
Greetings BP members! I am starting a little late on my introduction since I have been on BP for almost a year now. I recently upgraded to a BP Pro account and relocated to Arizona (Phoenix metro area), all in my mast...
Lacee Beitler
Large breed dog/ pets in rentals
Hi everyone,
Just curious on people's pet policy. We have allowed small to medium sized dogs before with a monthly pet fee, but no cats. They were really good tenants and the unit was very clean when they left, nev...