Jason Barnett
Property Management Software - is there anything like this?
For quite some time now I have been thinking about writing my own property management software for my properties. Unfortunately life gets in the way and I haven't been able to do this. (Actually I could have done it...
Carlos Flores
High FICO, low balances, pay on time? You're likely to Default
According to this article, http://www.examiner.com/article/the-fico-credit-score-and-strategic-default, researchers have found distinct character traits that identify potential strategic defaulters. They say strategi...
Karen Margrave
Medical Office Investing - The Perfect Storm
Commercial investors, for those of you looking for niches in which to invest, here's a blog I wrote on Medical Office Space. Ed O. Will Barnard you asked me to let you know when I wrote this. http://www.biggerpockets....
Alex Huang
Lowe's vs Menards vs Home Depot Discount Programs
I'd be curious to hear what everyone's experience or thoughts are on the various contractor services / bid programs offered by all the big box stores. Which one do you use, which do you prefer, and what about the spec...
Jennifer Matsumoto
College Rental- Lease Agreement Tips/Advice
Hello BP!! We are in escrow for a college rental in Orange County. I have the standard lease agreement, and wanted to know what other college rental investors include in the lease agreement to protect themselves and ...
Raymond Leung
Where do you park you money?
I currently have some cash (my army) that I am building up for a down payment on an investment property sitting in a Barclays 1.20% APY savings account (Earnings peanuts). Waiting for that perfect moment to pounce a o...
Will F.
Searching for Apartment Buildings/ Multi-Family - how do you find/compare deals
How do you analyze and compare different multi family properties to invest in?
I kind of understand the gist of it as far as cash flow, cash-on-cash return,cap rates, return on investment, GRMs for multi-family. But ...
Account Closed
Acquiring money to Invest W/O a Trust fund or Mom and Dads.
This is a question that I run into a lot. How do I find money to start Investing on my own, especially when starting from poverty?The only ways that I've seen to accumulate hundreds of thousands of dollars in a short ...
AL Brown
New Member from Florida
I've always had an interest in real estate but never took it too serious and i just felt with the economy slowly recovering it wouldn't be a good idea to even waste my time in that area to dabble with RE investments l...
Douglass Belt
worth it for $100??
my friend and I are thinking of partnering up on buying a turnkey sfh. After all expenses, taxes, cap ex, pm, etc. the deals we are seeing would be cash flowing around 200-300/month. Split 50/50 would be about $100-1...