Marek Kucharski
Important decision: Rental real estate vs stocks
My wife and I have three houses that we rent out. This journey started about 10 years ago. We have 15-year mortgages on these. The houses are worth about $800K (TX). We are very happy with how these houses appreciated...
Ian Harris
Contemplating 2nd Investment property in less than 2months
Purchased 1st investment property last month for $89K, appraised for $119K. Should have it rented for $850 by the 1st of Jan and the mortgage is only $564 ($286 passive income/month). Just came across another prope...
Duy Nguyen
Direct Mail - is it still working?
Hello all,What kind of marketing strategy are you guys doing nowadays? Does DM still work in today’s competitive market? I sent out 3.9K letter this past month (I am committed for a 6 months campaign). It has been abo...
Dean Lovell
Rental Options for Large Second-to-Third Floor Unit: Help Me Brainstorm?
I'm the owner of a duplex in Uptown Minneapolis, wondering the best way to rent out a new space. I recently renovated the attic into additional living area, changing the 3BD 1BA second-floor unit into a 4BD 2BA unit a...
Jason Nguyen
Which strategy works best for the current market condition?
As you may have known, interest rate went up a lot recently and that forced the majority of retail buyers out of the game. Therefore, flipping takes longer to sell or may need to go down in prices if on market too lon...
Nicholas Aiola
Ask me (a CPA) anything about taxes relating to real estate
Hey, guys!I've been on BP for about 7 months now and I have quickly learned two things:There is no better place than BP to talk real estateThe wealth of information on BP is immeasurableI've read and learned quite a l...
Matt Hangsleben
401K: Continue Contributions or Stop?
I recently purchased my first rental property with no money down. I did so by necessity as I am cash broke! However, I do put a substantial amount of money into my 401K account every pay check. I have always been r...
Anna Brown
LA Property with lots of Equity
I purchased my Los Angeles (Compton) 4-bedroom home in 2013 for 240K; according to Redfin, it is now worth 686K. 2 years ago the entire house was completely renovated (Insurance claim) due to a burst pipe that caused ...
Niki C.
Tenant social security number.
Will you make a copy of tenant social security card when they move in? Because i've heard that you need ssn of the tenant at court for eviction. I make copy of tenants ID but never asked for ssn because they applied t...
Yannik Cudjoe-Virgil
Baltimore Multifamily Shines During the Pandemic
Baltimore Multifamily Shines During the PandemicI've been seeing some folks interested in Baltimore's multifamily market, and I wanted to shed some light on this market during this time. Backed by a historically stron...