What would be the costs associated with gifting a fully paid off house to your children? I know that you would have to file a gift tax for anything over $14k in a year, and if they were to sell the home they would pay...

I have a seller who wants to do business with us. he has 42 units that generate 326,000 rents annually. He wants 1.9 million. Whats this worth?

Hi there,I'm doing a deal analysis on a multi family in Chicago, based on the asking price, I estimated it will generate a negative annual cash-on-cash return, assuming 20% downpayment. Can someone help review my anal...

We own a rental home out of state and our tenant decided not to renew his lease. We would like to remodel the home to become a short term rental. We have received a bid from a reputable contractor, but we now see th...

Hi BP - I've been searching for my first rental property.  I'm starting with single families for my first deal, with the intent to graduate to multi-families at some point.  I've come across a property that I think ma...

Investment Info:

Small multi-family (2-4 units) buy & hold investment.

Purchase price: $124,000

Cash invested: $28,054

Large multi-family. Renting for annual income of $21,600.

What mad...

I am brand new to the world of real estate investing and and am not sure how to calcuate the CoC return if i decide to rent out my primary residence.  If I were simply purchasing an investment property I would calcula...

Can anyone explain the formula to arrive at the Annualized Rate of Return? Why does it peak at a certain point and diminish after that?

Any good website or programs to use for finding the demand for Self storage ? we own multiple facilities and have been figuring it out the hard way,  was hoping for a website or data source that would speed up the pro...

Where do you guys look up population and job growth information?