Nikolas Engel
Portland Residential Infilll Project - what are your thoughts?
Hey everybody,on 12 August PDX City Council adopted the Residential Infill Project, a massive re-zoning exercise for Portland. It opens up Portland's residential heighborhoods to housing types other than SFRs and more...
John Blanton
Track Record Pre-2018 vs New Normal- Syndicator Vetting
There are some Syndicators who have been on the sidelines for sometime waiting for a 'Correction' or at least relief on current Cap rates. Of course within any investment thesis there must be many 'assumptions' made a...
Victor G.
ADU Build out in SoCal: Should I go Gas or Just Electric ??
I'm building out an ADU (1bed/1bath w/loft) from a single family house with an attached large 2 car garage in a B+ class neighborhood in San Diego. The existing house has both gas & electric utilities. I'm torn wh...
Mark Woodling
Turnkey Provider Standards
BP real estate investors, what are you looking for as a standard for turnkey homes for passive investment? You want specific standards, such as no less than 5 years left for a roof life, 3 years of HVAC left, etc. L...
Skylar Bennett
Starting out in DC, any advice?
I am 22 and about to graduate from college. I am moving to DC for work but don’t want to be in this job forever. I have parents and a sister who rely on my financial support but I have been able to put away $45k. With...
Allen Tracy
Most Rents at or Below 25th Percentile on Rentometer
Has anyone else seen that rents in Columbus are mostly around the 25th percentile number on Rentometer.com (if not slightly lower)? I even played with the settings and changing it to 6 months at 0.5 miles and 3 month...
Mary McMillan
First Multi-family purchase
Hello BP community! I found an off market portfolio where I am offering to purchase a handful of properties. We have tentatively agreed on a bundled price, and I'm looking at them tomorrow with the owner. I've gott...
Adam Drummond
do most investors work with wholesalers????
Hi Everybody,I'm an investor/Realtor in upstate South Carolina. I was on craigslist yesterday and noticed several ads from wholesalers with properties that needed investors to purchase these properties. Before I con...
Michael Pilolla
Do I Create An LLC or No?
Hello Hello BP Peeps,As I get my real estate investing going, I need to know, do I create an LLC or not? I live in California but buy and rent in Oregon. Would I create an LLC in Oregon or Cali? I plan on buying multi...
Ethan Borshansky
Can you 1031 Exchange into capital improvements?
Is there a way to sell through a 1031 Exchange but then put the proceeds directly into a bunch of capital improvements at an already-owned like-kind property? This way you do not necessarily need to identify a new pro...