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While using an IRA to invest in property that's been foreclosed on is a fantastic option for increasing tax-free earnings, it's just as important that long-time and new investors know the potential pitfalls and benefi...
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To preface this email - I found a deal that resulted in a return of 8% over 5 years with a 2% rent increases YOY. My partner responded - "Might as well invest your money in the stock market and make 8% in a few days…O...
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An Alternative Approach to Appraisal Gap Coverage
Current State of the Residential Market
After the financial crisis of ’08, the eligibility criteria to buy a home in the United States became more difficult to adhe...
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Hi all, I live in New York and am looking for an investment property out of state. I am mostly interested in single or multifamily rentals and am currently looking in Texas(Houston, Dallas, Austin) and Colorado(mostly...
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Hello BP! We are a young-ish couple with a small family looking to start investing in Real Estate. He is a SAHD and I am a nurse who has worked a LOT this year due to the Pandemic and now have a sizeable? amount in sa...
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Investment Info:
Small multi-family (2-4 units) buy & hold investment in Bridgewater.
Purchase price: $460,000
Cash invested: $23,000
Duplex in Bridgewater, MA (Short distance to BSU and commuter...
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Hey BP peeps! I'm looking for opinions based on the following situation:Closed on a 6 unit last month with 2 other inventors. At closing we were told there were no security deposits in house, by both the former owner ...
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Hello! My name is Robert Ross Denman. I typically go by "Ross", but my office calls me Robert (we actually have another Ross there, so it's less confusing. If we talk on the phone I may answer as Robert or Ross.) I am...
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I have been reading the site and other resources for a few weeks. This will be a wall of text, but I've thought this through and hope someone can check my math and assumptions about how this works.My goal is to compar...
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I have taken over my parents rental properties in San Diego and they haven’t been managed properly. I have a few questions I’m hoping you can help me with. 1. Non of the tenants have updated contracts which I’m workin...