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Eric Barnett Incentives to Encourage Tenants to Pay On Time?
2 June 2017 | 56 replies

I have that typical one property (fourplex) that gives me a monthly headache when it comes time to collect.  I'll receive all kinds of stories on why they don't have the full rent, can I pay you rest in two weeks, etc...

Rich Weese flood insurance,fire insurance or none-
4 January 2010 | 54 replies

A recent post questioned whether owners buy flood insurance. There were a few posts and replies.
I've owned properties and paid insurance on well over 1000 homes in the last 40 years. Do you know how many insura...

Justin Westmoreland Why do a lot of investors stay away from medium to larger multis?
11 June 2017 | 61 replies

I have been listening to a good amount of podcasts on here and it seems to me that most investors who invest in multi family are staying small meaning anywhere from 2-15units. I understand that it depends on each indi...

Jeffrey Lester What exactly makes REI risky?
11 July 2014 | 48 replies

Hello, everyone! I have been reading like a mad man, and I feel like I have a pretty solid understanding of financing, renting, selling, controlling the properties you buy and a variety of other techniques and investm...

Brian Badolato HONEST opinion on 20 y/o Real Estate job 🫣😬
19 August 2022 | 29 replies

Hey everyone I’ll try to make it short. I’m 20 y/o and my ultimate goal was to primarily learn about real estate. I saw this job app on Indeed “Real Estate Acquisitions” I applied and got hired. 1 week in I realized i...

Mary Griffin Real Estate Investors in SF Bay Area
9 May 2023 | 60 replies

Hi everyone,
I currently live in the Bay Area (California) and I’m interested in getting into real estate investment. My goal is to start out buying a multi-unit property in early 2021. Ideally, it’d be somewhere in...

Brady Mullen Cap Rate Is Not Your Return
4 October 2023 | 35 replies

Cap rate is a common and important measurement in real estate investing, but it seems I see it misused more often than not.
Cap rate is an income measurement only. It is a measurement of the annual net operating inc...

James NA “ DEALS” that absolutely are not deals for the investor buyer
21 February 2024 | 27 replies

I learned and evolved in a different real estate universe.The rules we were taught and lived by… were the SAME rules that ALL of the REIAs  and ALL of the Mentors espoused.1) DONT BUY A PROPERTY THAT HAS LESS THAN 25%...

Tasha Barnes Out of State Investing - Please share the good, the bad, the ugly
14 September 2022 | 57 replies

Hello BP Family, I'm in Charlotte and the home prices have sky-rocketed so I'm contemplating purchasing investment prop. in my hometown (Buffalo, NY), Detroit, Michigan or Toledo Ohio. I don't have have a ton of exper...

Marcus Auerbach Nobody is talking about the real impact of inflation
15 February 2022 | 44 replies

Predictions for inflation have been around for years, now it's here and it will be for a while. It's in the news every day. CPI (consumer Price Index) came out a few days ago with 7.0%  for 2021 and when I look at the...