Ericka G.
Use Leverage or Stick with Cash?
If you have cash, should you use it or is it better to use leverage if you can? So far, I've almost exclusively used cash to build our small portfolio. My goal for the year was to fully replace my current after tax ...
Joshua S.
Velocity Banking / HELOC Checking Acct - It Works (Proof)
Hi, everyone. I wish everyone knew how great this strategy is, so I'm trying to spread the word. I'm not selling anything, just trying to let people know how it works. When you're paying your mortgage month in and mon...
Douglas Gratz
My New Construction Journal From Start To Finish
Hello fellow investors! I began a post a few months ago in regards to a new construction project I will be starting soon and after all the great input I thought it would be nice to start a journal in order to help ne...
Drew Y.
Its beginning to feel a lot like 2005 everywhere I look
So I have been watching the interest rates as they have begun to rise and the notional value of risk free treasuries and ten year treasury bonds are approaching 3% . Given that the CAP rates in the San Francisco bay a...
Chris Lopez
Denver Coronavirus updates and Q&A
Over the last week (man how fast the world can change!) I've had clients and fellow investors and agents reach out to ask questions on the market. I share what I know and often learn tidbits from them.
It's been a gr...
Daniil Kleyman
ROI vs. ROE vs. Cash on Cash
In talking to people and reading various posts online, I see a lot of confusion and varying opinions on ROI vs. ROE vs. IRR vs. Cash on Cash. For example, some people think that in the first year when you purchase t...
Michael Seutin
how many of you hold your rental properties in your name?
After holding a few properties in my name, I decided to start an LLC for asset protection as it is recommended everywhere, so my latest property is held in that LLC.
I find it so unconvenient to have an LLC, insurers ...
AP Horvath
What would you do in my shoes?
If you had a few hundred thousand in cash, ready to invest in RE -- what would your RE investment strategy be?Spread it around? land, multifamily, SFR, commercial or simply concentrate on one specific type of RE inves...
Joe Splitrock
I Bought a Short Term Rental Because of COVID
Today we got a little house under contract and it will be our first short term rental. Over the last few months, I have read countless posts on BiggerPockets about how short term rentals have been struggling with canc...
Bryan B.
Problems With General Contractor
Hi all, I'm going to try to spell everything out the best I can without going into full specifics of things like numbers. We are in a bad situation and really don't even know where to go from here.
Earlier this year,...