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Investment path advice for 24 year old investor.
Hi Everyone,
My mother has been investing in real estate for the past 10 years and I have helped her along the way with basic work. I never looked at it as a career path until I recently came across a video o...
David Coughlin
Ask this Old (Multi-Family) House
Right now, I am in the beginning stages of real estate investment spending a lot of my time educating myself. "House Hacking" is probably my best strategy while searching for my first property. I'm single, financially...
Keith Bloemendaal
I'm a home builder but want to build my own portfolio: Buy and Hold or Build and Hold?
I'm new to the forum (thanks to all that are so active and open!), and am just starting my own home building business, I am also looking to build a portfolio over time (no hurry) starting in 2016. My goals include me ...
Holly Hollister
Atlanta – In Town or Way-Out Burbs?
We have 4 single family properties in town, and are in the process of looking to purchase our 5th property. However we are having trouble determining a strategy – we go back and forth between in-town lower income neig...
Jimmy NA
Good deal?
I can buy direct from an owner a 3 family at 155K. Here are the rents, $800, $750, $550. All rents without utilities. Taxes $350 per month. Estimate on insurance $150 per month. Not sure about maintenance, snow, lawn...
James Mudd
Historic districts..good or bad…??
Are well maintained old homes in historic districts good investments for rentals and/or to live in for a while too…???
Yolanda Gardner
TALK ME OFF THE LEDGE-Trying really hard to get started
I'm getting a little frustrated and discouraged. I need my BP family to talk me off the ledge. I've done many things to try to get started with a buy and hold, and something always trips me up and stops me. I tried...
Ronn Johnstone
Setting up my cash analysis numbers for Indy--thoughs
I'm setting up my expense spreadsheet "run the numbers" on the properties I'm considering. I've notice that different regions use different number (and I should imagine different types of properties should as well). ...
Jason K.
wind storm policy issue -- Is there a solution here??
BP,
I've got an issue on a property I want to buy -- The windstorm policy on the house cannot be found (or was just not built properly, not sure which.) Either way it's nowhere to be found. For argument sake, let's a...
David Tower
Help mom keep her house
Hello BP,
I was hoping you pros out there might be able to give me a strategy that would help my mom stay in her house.
She owns the house free and clear but the house is very big, the RE taxes are high, the upkeep ...