Frank Perkins
Hesitant to start a buy-and-hold with 3 kids entering college
I have 3 kids entering college in 2025, 2028, and 2032. I'd like to have the option to send them to private high school prior as well if we think it's the best option (2021, 2024, 2028).I'm extremely attracted to the...
Kenneth LaVoie
DST as possible holding place for gains
WE're about to sell 1.4M in RE consisting of our 4 buildings totaling 22 units. Scary! They're our "final four" and paid off, giving us 6 figures in cash flow but we're 56 and want to move onto next stage. Turning the...
Account Closed
College Town Investing
I am interested in hearing opinions on investing in a college town these days.
For those of you that have rentals in college towns:
1. What sort of impacts has COVID made to your business (good or bad)
2. What pit...
Bryan Detweiler
Buying in Akron, Ohio???
Hey everyone!I am currently located in Akron, Ohio. I want to start investing ASAP and I wanted to ask the people who know much more than I do... is Akron, Ohio a good location to invest in?I'm not quite sure if I sho...
Steven J.
Multi-family: verifying numbers
I've located a multiplex in my area but I'm not sure where to locate the information needed when investing in multi-family units. For example, is the selling agent going to have the information necessary to figure out...
Christy Philippoff
Would you take lower rent for a better tenant?
Hi everyone! We have a house we going to rent. We could get $1250/month. We have a couple that has rented from a family member of ours for the last 10 years. They’ve never paid late and kept the house immaculate. They...
Kirk Hawkins
$200,000 in the bank...now what?
Hey everyone...If you had $200,000 in the bank...what would you do? Buy a house (like my accountant suggests) or buy an income/investment property like a duplex or triplex or 4-plex? Or...would you look into something...
Paul Sandhu
The Ultimate Bath Towel Thread
**This thread is for high turnover hosts. This is for bath towels, let’s not get off topic! At any one time, I have 75-100 bath towels in all my STRs. My biggest house with 9 beds had 9 towels in it until this morni...
Ryan K.
Tenant asked why A/C isn't working...House doesn't have A/C
I recently purchased my first property. It is a very nice home in a great neighborhood, 3bd 2.5 ba, $2k/mo rent. The tenant has been in for 1 month. She's a really nice lady with exceptional job, background, refere...
Andrew Schlessinger
Salt Lake Area Investing
Hello BP Friends!I'm a small investor in Baltimore, Md (4 rentals and counting!) and have a friend who is looking to invest in the Salt Lake City area, so I wanted to get a pulse for the rental market. He's not sure ...