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Brandon Luke To pay off rental properties or not...that is the question!
26 July 2014 | 26 replies

I am developing my business plan for buying and holding. I was talking out some ideas with another investor, and she said you should never pay off your properties, and never pay all cash.
It seems to me that if you d...

Anton Volkov Sandwich Lease Option - good/bad idea?
14 May 2013 | 15 replies

Hello BP, officially my first question here.
I've been hearing lately that "sandwich LO" is not a good idea. Is it true? if so, why is that? Is there bigger rist if the tenant decides to stop paying, so then you tak...

Tony Nguyen Am I Over-Leveraging?
10 July 2016 | 17 replies

November last year, I bought a vacant 9 unit for $210k, put in $40k to renovate and after fully leased, it appraised for $440k. In April, I pulled out 80% or $318k and used $200k to pay off the private loan of the 9 u...

Regina Sloan Can you help me, help this new investor?
23 January 2022 | 14 replies

I asked him more questions His lender loan expires 3/26He owes about 115ish to lender and then is 35K personally investedFor personal reasons, he needs to sell. I would like to help him if I can, even if I don't make...

Chirag Rathod Does it make sense to finish & legalise a basement as Additional residential units?
14 April 2024 | 5 replies

Hello everyone,Me and my wife own a single detached bungalow (~1200 sq.ft) built in 1976 in Woodstock, ON. We have been living it for 2 years now. We purchased the house when the housing market was at its peak(high 70...

Sean Dezoysa Good property managers
14 July 2021 | 11 replies

Hi all,I'm looking into buying some properties in Birmingham from out of area. Can you guys recommend some good companies or even call out some property managers to shy away from? Any suggestions are welcome, thanks!

Edgar Perez Refinancing out of FHA after 1 year (house hack)
13 October 2017 | 16 replies

Hey BP,I am looking into purchasing a $170,000 duplex using an FHA loan and house hacking.  The duplex is a bank foreclosed REO and I think the asking price is about where the home is valued at.  It is located in a ni...

John Meyers Urban Short-Term Rentals Niche
26 November 2017 | 26 replies

My business partner and I are creating a real estate investment firm. -- Our niche will be acquiring Chicago properties to convert to short-term rentals.

We will acquire the properties under our LLC and keep them re...

Cheri Crane Have $100k for Investment - Best option
23 June 2018 | 20 replies

I live in Tacoma WA. I recently bought a duplex & am rehabbing it for good rental cash flow (have 1 renter currently).
This leaves me with 100k for Investment. What is the best option to build my real estate ho...

Account Closed Just bought my first rental property - Should I do STR/MTR/LTR?
24 April 2023 | 22 replies

Just bought my first rental property (1 bedroom condo) in the Walnut Creek, California area (SF Bay Area).I bought it all cash so I don't have any holding costs other than HOA, and property taxes.At this point, I'm no...