Neil Gupta
Raising rent on a friend in a hot market
I rented out my beautiful home to a (kinda) friend. I only accepted a half months deposit and rented it for $1700 ($100-150 under market value). I just wanted someone to take care of it. Over the past year, the value ...
Raymond Marram
To Buy or Keep Renting
Hello I live between Austin San Antonio and rents are going up for SF homes to rent.I am spending 1900.00 a month between storage & apartment now and have been doing this for awhile.Pre owned homes are selling @re...
JJ Espinoza
Milwaukee Duplex: Are my assumptions for expenses ok
I am using some rough estimates for expense for Milwaukee. This would be my first investment in Milwaukee and I want to see if my expense assumptions are close.
Can someone with experience in Milwaukee point me in ...
Paul Veronis
Key Indicators in Analyzing Rental Properties
Hello BP Community.I am trying to get better at analyzing rental properties so that I can buy my first investment property. I was curious what other investors consider to be a good GRM, Cap Rate, and Cash on Cash Retu...
Joshua Kulzer
Second Flip - Platte City, MO
Investment Info:
Single-family residence fix & flip investment in Platte City.
Purchase price: $72,000
Cash invested: $2,000
Single Family House built in 1888.
3 BR
1 BA
What made you in...
Jason L.
Inherited a tenant who was allowed to smoke in the "garage".
I recently purchased a duplex and inherited tenant who was allowed to smoke in the “garage” under her previous landlord. After a few visits in her home it’s obvious that she’s smoking in the house. Her lease is up Dec...
Helen C.
analyzing property, please help a newbie out
Hi! I have been busy reading and listening, just attended the webinar and wanted to try out the rental property calculator. Every property I have tried has been negative cash flow via the calculator. What am I doing w...
Brant Garner
Management fees not being collected?
So I’m working with a seller who self manages a retail center with five tenants. The leases for three of the tenants allow for management fees to be collected inside the CAM charges but they are not being collected. T...
Christopher Smith
Can't get a high enough mortgage due to car finance
Hey guys my name is chris , I was wondering if you had any ideas on what I could do I tried to get a mortgage through my bank and they'd only lend 34k because of my car finance , I could afford a mortgage aswell and r...
Brittany New
To Sell Rental Condo or Not To Sell
Looking to get opinions on whether to sell an existing rental condo unit or hold on for a potentially bumpy ride. My apologies for the lengthy context.Purchase History: $180,000 in early 2009. Located in greater F...