Dana Hagans
House Hacking to start out in the investment game
Living in Brooklyn, New York has been an amazing experience for me. I enjoy the diverse culture and being able to take advantage of all the city offers. Although I am not looking to invest into real estate in New York...
James De Silva
Wayne county property tax
Hi all,I've recently purchased a property in Wayne county (not the city of Detroit) where the sale price was $77,000. The property has an assessed and taxable value of $55000. This property was originally purchased in...
Bryan L.
Success Rate for Rehab and Flip
I've rehabbed a few houses and flipped them over the years, but I want to hear from some of the others out there.
When you do your analysis ahead of time, you expect to make a certain amount of profit. On a ...
Jeremiah T.
Who to show and lease self storage units for OOS investor?
I know you can outsource much of the operations (online payments, answering phone, SEO) to management companies who specialize in self storage operations (https://www.storageunitsoftware.com/call-answering)...But how ...
Account Closed
Should I even consider buying a house?
I have been married and living with my husband, the breadwinner, for the last 5 years. We are separating and I am thinking about buying a modest home for me and my two daughters. But I have NO idea if I would even qua...
Account Closed
How Are You Syndicators Doing Your Underwriting ?
I thought I would ask from the perspective of the syndicator, what metrics are you looking to hit? I am familiar that there can be different structures , ( i.e. acquisition fee, mgmt fee, disp fee, pref returned , va...
Jesal Shah
SF evaluation - What am I doing wrong?
Hello Everyone,I am new to BP and looking to make my 1st investment in Houston area. I evaluated few properties but numbers don't work out. Not sure if I am doing something wrong or it's just hard to find good deals i...
Francisco Feliz
Is the 70% Rule Too Aggressive in High-ARV Markets?
Hi BP,I am currently based in the Greater Boston area, considered by many reports to be the second most unaffordable real estate market in the country. Just like anywhere, finding deals isn't easy, but the question I ...
Robert Hesselmann
Help analyzing a unique situation
As a means of helping me with future retirement funding, my former employer set up the sale and transfer of a number of rental units (19 in all) mostly SFH. to me.The deal is owner financed, no money down, interest on...
Katrina P.
Anyone start out buying a LOT of properties?
I am not brand new to REI...bought a property in 2005. Well, until this year, I haven't thought seriously about more REI...bought second in September from an auction...didn't get deed until Nov, so it's still not com...