Sarah D.
How's your IKEA kitchen holding up?
Hi all,I know a lot of people have used IKEA kitchen for flips and rentals over the last couple of years. For those that have, how are they holding up 1-2 years later? Especially if they are in a rental, I'd love to...
Marc Santos
Real estate taxes as percentage of gross rents
Looking to get some nationwide perspective. I'm in the Providence, RI market and feel as though our property taxes are significantly higher than the national average. I'm dealing with larger multi family buildings (...
Maureen F.
Maximizing Section 8 Rent -- Boston (Dorchester/Roxbury)
My son has a 3-unit house under agreement with a S. 8 tenant in a 3BR unit. (He will owner-occupy one of the units.) It's in the Dorchester/Roxbury area, I guess we could call it a C+/B- area. The current owner jus...
Don Johnston
Need help analyzing an out of state deal.
I am looking at a tri-plex rented to students - typically 20, 21 and up years old.Asking $259,000. ARV about $300,000. Each is 4 bedroom, 3 bath. Includes Frig, stove, dishwasher, washer and dryer. All electric (n...
Nicole A.
How do you handle your water bills in Maryland for SFH?
I recently finished up renovation on my first single-family property. Now it's going on the rental market and I realize that I have a different choice with how to handle the water bill than with my multi-units that do...
Alison Lee
Help me understand these approaches
It seems like there would be less headaches by simply buying one property outright with cash versus leveraging 8-10 properties.
I'm in this pickle right now where I'm sitting on a pile of cash and contemplating ea...
Daniel Quintana
Newbie Looking to Take Action
Hey BP Fam,My name is Daniel Quintana, and I am looking to finally take action this year and invest in my first rental property (tired of sitting on the sidelines). I currently reside in the Tampa Bay/St. Pete area, a...
Darren Landerway
VA rehab loan - any information needed!
Hello everyone,
Im curious if anyone has heard about this new product provided by the VA that is similar to a 230k loan. Its called a VA rehabilitation loan - currently I live in the DC area and see a lot of older ho...
Jean Claude
Down payment Seasoning
So I have a few rentals already but like everyone else I am looking to expand my portfolio. I have talked to a few private and hard money lenders and came up with an idea i would like to try. I have a discover card wi...
Rick Pozos
Can you and your SDIRA buy together??
I was just reading another post and someone said that you can NOT buy along with a family member's sdira. I was under the impression that you could, but not sell to or buy from. I know that I can not sell a property ...