Spencer Gray
Rent Control: Investing in California just became less attractive
This is a bit of a rant, but I had to get it off my chest.California, following in the footsteps of Oregon, once again is acting with emotion and without reason or a sense of how economics works by passing a cap on re...
Steve H.
Buyers agent contract requiring exclusivity - is this normal?
After silently watching the BP forums for about a year, I'm ready to find my first investment property. There are a couple of houses on MLS in the West Chester, PA and North Wilmington, DE areas that I am interested i...
Christopher Davis
How typical are non-paying tenants in lower economic areas?
The more I read and learn about investing, according to the bigger pockets strategies, the more questions I have.Wouldn’t renting in a low economic area, where homes are selling for under $100k, wouldn’t that also inv...
Julie O'Connor
Avoiding Appearance of Discrimination
Hi BP Community. I have been a long-time “lurker” and now am a first-time poster. I own a SF rental in Northwest IN (former primary residence). First time renting this property.Property has been advertised on Craig...
Tom Scott
Why So Obsessed With Finding a "Good Deal"?
I've been studying everything I can get my hands on about buying and owning multifamily properties. The one thing I keep seeing is that people will only buy if it's a "good deal". Now, I of course understand that that...
Jamie Wooley
First Rehab Project....Does this GC bid seem like a good deal?????
I have ran my own numbers and I feel like I am getting a really good deal here, but I would like you seasoned rehabbers to let me know your take on it.To give a little background....This is a lower end neighborhood, s...
Jason Panick
Should I Pay Anything Towards Monthly Rent of my Property?
So here is the situation everyone...My wife and I bought a condo back when the market was sky high at 439,000. It went as low as 300,000. It's now around 410,000 and we owe 415,000. Our monthly mortgage is about 19...
Blake Boyles
HELP!! Analyzing a 4 unit deal..
I have a 4 unit deal that I am currently analyzing. From what the seller has told me and provided me with, it seems to be a good deal. I've used the BP calculator but it doesn't pencil out all of the units the way I w...
Joshua D.
Looking at buying my first 9 unit apartment building?
So me and my Wife are familiar with buying single family homes which we have 9 of them and a duplex. I could really use some help analyzing numbers to make this work and make sure im doing this right it would be a big...
Account Closed
Am I giving away too much on this spec deal?
Thank you to everyone for your comments on my last spec deal post, especially @J Scott and @Will Barnard.I’ve worked through the opportunity further, met with local real estate agents and other developers to get thei...