Mike Wood
Built 2 duplexes or a single 4-plex?
Looking for feedback on my next potential project. In my area (New Orleans), property lots are narrow, and the neighborhoods were established before cars in most cases. In the area that I am looking, the lots are 3...
Andrew Fowler
Paying Off Student Loans or Focus on REI?
Hi everyone,As a college student who is graduating this upcoming May, I have a lot of student loans. When I say "a lot," I'm talking 100k... Since my loans vary from 4-7% interest I am strongly considering consolidati...
Lily Ardila
Vacation Rentals 1,000 miles away from primary residence?
Hi All!Currently looking to purchase our first vacation rental/second home with 10% down. We live in the metropolitan Washington DC area and as you can imagine, its pretty expensive to really pay 10% on anything here ...
Shiloh Lundahl
How I Gave Myself a $24,000 Raise Through House Hacking
I recently purchased a house in Burbank, California. It was a long process finding a house that made investment sense in a location with such high demand and such high prices (average cost is $750k for a 1400-1500 sq...
Jen Lucas
Can I really retire early on 4 duplexes?
My husband and I are DINKs with a plan to retire early, well go to very part-time, that seems too easy, and I'm hoping the experts (you!) can help us vet this plan.I'm 39 and my husband is 46. We live in Austin, TX an...
Gino Barbaro
Bought 146 unit to end the year!
Hi BP community,I wanted to share our most recent purchase, a 146 unit mom and pop in Knoxville, TN that we bought in house. For all of you investors out there who say the market is overpriced, you are right. And for ...
Erin N.
Rehabbing for a million dollar sale
I bought a foreclosure in a million dollar neighborhood. I live there and rent out the guest apartments and part of the main house. In the next few months, we're going to start the process of renovating the place so...
Adam L.
HELP Leasing Office Space
Hello,
I own a 5 story office building in Chicago and am having a difficult time leasing it out. I purchased the building about a year ago 100% vacant and proceeded to throw about $750,000 into remodeling mostly the c...
Brandon Morgan
Just starting out, crazy rates low inventory
I am just now starting out as a real estate investor. I am looking to buy my first property. I am a Physician Assistant and make decent money (over 100k yearly) but in my area everything is still super expensive, very...
Filipe Pereira
Satellite Installers SUCK!
I recently purchased this house. There are cable and phone lines running EVERYWHERE....it's like a spider web, but all over the place...What can I do to fix this? Can I "force" the installer to come out and do it prop...