For buy and hold investors, to analyze your return, you have to take into account the capex expenses. I really don't know how to handle it.In a recent post, Brandon Turner estimated that 182 $ per month have to be put...

My tenant is moving in today and I got an email from my PM that the AC is not working....Is this my bad luck or is it always like this on a rental ? The unit is about 5 years old and it was working great when I stay f...

Hey, I'm working on a spreadsheet and I'm wondering:

Does the Net Operating Income include deducting the costs for the "big items" that happen every so often, like roofs, parking lots, etc? I mean, if I set aside 3...

Hey everyone!First, I literally just sat down Investing in Real Estate with Low or No Money Down and decided to join the BiggerPockets community. Oddly enough, I purchased the book a couple days AFTER we signed the co...

I have a $150,000 equity line that I can borrow from. I have two properties that I am currently looking at. Property A is a 13 unit apartment complex and Property B is a 5 unit apartment complex.

Property A i...

I'm a tech worker on a good salary, and am using an answering service for inbound lead capture.But for the high value offer presentation, all the way to the closing stage, I expect to be doing the work. Closings will ...

I'm looking into pm companies in StL and wanted to see what the general thoughts were on pricing i should look out for. What's typical and what's overpriced? I see all the time people say budget 10% for PM, but that l...

Thanks to everyone who shared their opinion about whether they would rather have 10k monthly cash flow or 1,000,000. To keep the thought process going, I’d like to know, given the 2 different options, would you rather...

Hello, in the next year or so I will have 50,000 saved to buy a rental with cash. I have almost all of my consumer debt paid.  Are there any advantages such as owning a property in your name? The only thing I see I wi...

I am incredibly new to investing and still in the research phase.Scenario 1: Out of state turn key for 100k, after rehab should be about 150k, rent about 1300. Bank will want 25% + closing costs + reserves. How do I g...