First timer to long term leasing. I have received a request from a prospect that has 3 huskys, on a Chapter 13 repayment plan, but has great 5-year rental payment history, and is relocating from another state but not ...

If anyone saw @Dave Meyer IG post the other day, you can guess rates are going to rise to low - mid 7% (Some are already there). I know no one has a crystal ball to tell the future, but I am curious on everyone's thou...

My wife and I are Canadian.  We own a USA based LLC for real estate investing.  I have been speaking with lenders regarding cash out refis.  Most are coming in at 60 to 65LTV for Foreign Nationals.  With the high DSCR...

On Friday, we began our REI journey. We closed on our first property that our agent found off-market. It is a 2 BR, 2.5 BA, one car garage condo in Fairfield, OH. We got it below market and need to spend about $15K to...

I am doing Sub2 bootcamp now and we had a task to analyze the population of the backyard market. I didn't find data in a form I like so I pulled out data from the census and did my own research. The goal of the resear...

Wondering if it is time to sell or keep.  I am cash positive but thinking if time to move to different markets.

A record number of consumers surveyed by Fannie Mae say they expect mortgage rates to keep falling over the next 12 months — a “significant shift” in consumer expectations that could free many homeowners from the mo...

I just finished last year's taxes and have a large passive loss (after depreciation) on my rentals. But being a passive investor with large W2 income, I cannot benefit from the tax loss (at least thats what my account...

 have always enjoyed challenging widely held beliefs, probably because so many of them fall apart upon closer examination. Most recently, my contrarian radar started going off in the summer as talk of a Canadian housi...

Hey guys,

I'm reviewing apartment complexes left and right looking to pick up my first one in the next 60-90 days and was curious to know what rules of thumb other folks on BP use to filter properties effectively?

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