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Greetings,I’m Matt, and I’m diving back into the realm of property investments. I have a portfolio of four units (comprising two duplexes) near the University of Illinois campus, which have been profitable over the pa...
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Hi All, I have 2 multifamily rental units that I entirely self-manage. For 2025 I will be taking a leave from my fulltime W2 work start 1st July for rest of the year. I want to take this opportunity by qualifying for ...
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I am trying to set a 5-years goal and define a milestone for each year. My ultimate goal is to increase the cash flow. I mean, if I start with a property, let's say a single family, costs 0.7 X and I do a minor rehab ...
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Many people invest in real estate in order to create passive income and eventually become wealthy enough to not have to work a regular job for the rest of their lives.I want to pose a philosophical question. Is there ...
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Hi BP Community!My name is Daniel Hawkins and I am a CPA who works in the oil and gas industry in Houston. I have always been interested in the "idea" of real estate since I can remember, but always thought it was onl...
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Hello everyone!My name is Aaron. I am a native Porltander and know the area very well. I enjoy the outdoors, geology, geography, beaches, whales, kayaking and the list keeps going. I am very excited about life and ...
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I live in Huntsville, AL and I'm looking at a few rental candidates for my own buy and hold portfolio (primarily SFR, 3/2 or better). This will be my first purchase. What I'm beginning to notice in several old neigh...
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Hi All!My mom is interested in buying her first investment property and I've been doing my best to help her get started. Her big picture overview is that she has about $600k between Roth & Traditional IRA accounts...
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Hey BP, I just received a huge blessing. I have $100k cash to invest in STR. Long story short I have a family friend who simply just believes in me- we have a great relationship. He wants to help me get to my cash flo...
So this is a fairly simple situation, but need some clarification on the financing. We are closing on a house that I'd like to keep as a rental. Its contracted in our LLC name. We are paying cash. Our local bank is le...