Vinod Sirimalle
Brand new investor from bay area
Hi all,I am a fairly new real estate investor. I have been trying to get into real estate investing for a while, but never figured out how. One day I called up a very good friend of mine, who is a realtor in east bay....
Paul Spangler
New from Portland, OR (Tigard) and ready to roll
Hi there BP Community. My name is Paul and I'm from the Portland, Oregon area. I am brand new to REI, so new that I haven't ever purchased a property yet (even for myself). What I do know is that real estate is som...
Alan Hale
flipping house numbers and return metrics
We just finished a flip in Waco and sold it. Now that I'm going over the numbers on our flip, I have a ROI formula question:ROI = (ending value - starting value) / (starting value).We went into our flip with 45k sta...
Josh Gold
Tenant roommates having trouble
Hello all!I've got a situation that I can't find on the Forum and was hoping to get some feedback from professionals out there. One tenant and his girlfriend reached out to me about their roommate (all have been rent...
Stephen Lewellis
Getting on base (a celebration and some advice)
The end of the year is a good time to reflect on where you started and where you ended up.
I’m always impressed by the intrepid rookies who are featured as Rookie Rockstars on the Real Estate Rookie podcast. Now I’m ...
Jared Carpenter
Loan sponsor/guarantor for a syndication
Loan sponsor question - where can one be found?
The quick answer that comes to mind is to network through local RE events and conferences, etc...however, how did some of the more seasoned investors find success with ...
Ken Bateman
Hi There - New from Harrisburg PA....
I see there are a few others on here from my local area...Some of which I know, and others that I have not met yet...I have no idea what to consider myself - I have had one rental property for about 10 years, and then...
Susanne Rieth
Using retirement plan to fund buy and hold purchases.
Hello. I have an old 401k from a job I no longer work. I found this in an old thread:I have $500k from previous employer 401(k), I'm 52. I'd like to buy real estate, create cash flow via rental, pay myself, and ben...
Abe DeHart
Cost Seg. Study on STR
Have any of you done a cost seg. study on an STR? We recently purchased a large cabin in the Smokies that I'm interested in having a cost seg study completed on. If we do a cost seg, are we able to count depreciation ...
Diane Menke
REIT thread refreshed perhaps
Folks, someone else recently posited the idea of starting a small scale REIT. We have been discussing the same idea here. There must be a way to do it I just have not figured it out yet.
My ideal set up is a bunch o...