Sharad M.
Location, Location, Location vs. Numbers, Numbers, Numbers!!!!!
What would you choose - a 20% cash on cash return in a decent neighborhood or 35% cash on cash return in not the best neighborhood? Everything else being equal.
If you could also explain why you would choose one over...
David Lowe
How Accurate Is The 2% Rule?
I have been reading about the 2% rule but seriously questioning its accuracy. I got a great deal on a house in a desirable area of Austin for $297k. The rental we are getting is high ($2500) for the area. However, acc...
Troy Sheets
Fishtown Flip Diary with Cash for Keys drama to kick it off!!!
We're kicking off a new project in the next week or so and it's been pretty crazy just getting to this point. The house is a 3-story, 1550 sq ft row and it's currently 3br and 1 bath. We've owned it for almost 2 month...
Jaideep Balekar
Our 1 year journey to 22 units & $10,000/mo cashflow without OPM
Background:
Me and my wife are both full time IT professionals with 9-5 jobs, which are more like 8-8 jobs really and sometimes weekends too. We decided to start actively investing in cash flowing multifamily real e...
Bryan Nwokem
What should I do ( FIRST POST)
Hey Y'all, I had a question on mind. So i found a home, its listed above $400,000 Duplex in the Sunny side Place area, if you are from houston you know gentrification is happening around this are. The home has been on...
Karan Singh
Filter to remove spammers in forums
Is there a filter or reporting system to remove spammers in forums?I'm noticing real estate agents and some others are spamming every post and it's really ruining the the quality of the discussion. Every question or d...
Will LHeureux
Good Tenant for the past year. Would you raise rent?
Would you raise rent in a good tenant that has paid on time without issue for the whole year?
Camron Cottam
Everyone shutting me down?
I am here trying to get started on the path of real estate and am finding that everyone I talk to (minus people on BP) are almost trying to push me away from the real estate world. Comments like "being a landlord suck...
Sean Michael
Making Sense of San Diego Real Estate (Renting and Investing vs Buying)
I'm moving to San Diego next year from Denver, CO and am looking to make the right personal finance decision in the process. I have the funds available today for the purchase of a rental property as well as a primary...
Shiloh Lundahl
Sell me on the benefits of Turnkey Properties
I have never purchased a turnkey property before so I am not familiar with the process. So correct me where I am wrong.
A turnkey operator finds or builds a property. Then after the rehab or building is done, they pu...