Brittany P.
Buying First Note through Paperstac
Questions for all you seasoned note investors: does Paperstac's built-in auditing services furnish a title report?If not, what are we getting out of the auditing services on their platform? I'm just trying to figure ...
Katherine Rossell
Inherited Our First Problem Tenant, Please offer any suggestions!
My partner and I just closed on a three unit the end of July. We purchased the building from someone who was not a good landlord. Two of the tenants in the building are still on his year lease. The lease is very vague...
Jack B.
Having second thoughts about four plex under contract
King County, WA. 550K purchase price. Only comp available as well as brokers report shows one similar four unit selling for 50K less. Tenants seem decent but low end. Deal seems to cash flow less and less the more I l...
H Simpson
Christmas Gifts For Tenants
Do any of you give Christmas gifts to tenants?
If they are "good" tenants, I'll hand deliver a gift card from the local grocery chain. They can use it for gasoline or groceries. Depending on the tenant, the denominat...
Samantha Soto
How will this election affect real estate?
I am reading headlines about the market plunging worldwide due to the likelihood of a Trump win. What could this mean for real estate? Is anyone holding off on buying until things settle down a bit? Any reason to b...
Peter Sanchez
Real Estate is a Terrible Investment.
According to this article, http://www.cbsnews.com/news/history-says-home-real-estate-is-a-bad-investment/if you take out the recent housing bubble and just look at returns on real estate for the past 100 years, you wi...
Tim Shi
Property Tax Doubled at Purchase
Hi there, I am looking at a Duplex in San Francisco. The current owner pays about $500/mo on property tax. The property was sold in 1999 for less than half a million. The assessed value of the property doesn't seem to...
Ree Rolle
Being an introvert in a extrovert RE world
Good morning BP!I am looking to purchase my first owner occupied multi family in February 2020. Right now I am working on gathering my team together. Reaching out to agents, getting contractor prices, looking for lend...
Rohan J.
What is the typical 50/50 deal of a silent partner?
Okay, here's the situation:I have a partner who wants to invest, but basically is relying on me to find the good deal. I see a lot of these 50/50 deals where there is someone who has the money, and someone who has the...
Amy Wunderlich
Care about cashflow now or later?
Hi BP,I have question regarding cashflow and if all investors REALLY require it from Day 1. Here's the background:I'm taking a course at UCLA taught by Jon Swire, the author of There's No Free Lunch in Real Estate, an...