Gary West
Another New Member from DFW
Hello everyone. I love the site and my friends and family tell me that I spend way too much time here. :o)
I am a 43 year old Registered Nurse. I would very much like to become a full time real estate investor. I...
Sam Fickel
Where do bad tenants live?
Everyone in the REI community always seem to have extremely high standards for the tenants they choose - good credit, no criminal history, on time rent, absolutely 0 evictions, etc. I've never met someone that didn't ...
Jason Appel
Building an Investing Criteria/Checklist
Hi all,I am curious to hear how to go about preparing their criteria/checklist that I should look in a potential investment (for Buy and Hold rentals), and what indicators I can look at in order to maximize my investm...
Marissa Carroll
What am I missing? 6-plex deal
I'm a new investor... so new that I have never purchased a property and still rent myself, so apologies if I require a bit of over explaining. Any help would be appreciated in evaluating the following situation. I liv...
Anthony Drew Gary
How are you guys incentivizing your renters? Are you at all?
Hello BP Nation!I've taught Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace University through my church and I thought maybe it's worthwhile to offer to send my renting families through the class? If they latch on to Dave's principles...
Daniel Ramirez
Recession Resistant Properties
Hello BP Community - Precise market timing is impossible or at the very least extremely-difficult to attain (otherwise we would all be multi-millionaires/billionaires). However, there are a few indicators in my market...
Minna Reid
Rehab goes from ugly to worse
So much for my "cosmetic" rehab. On top of yesterdays issues (cracked joists, leaky roof), after last nights downpour, today we can add leaking basement and flooded yard with serious drainage issues to the mix. Also i...
Drew Denham
What kind of returns are you getting on your rentals?
I'm in eastern MI and I'm curious to know what other ROI investors are seeing across the country. My three rentals:Class A neighborhood - all in value 95K - $910 in rent = .95%Class B neighborhood - all in value $40K ...
N M Clarke
Cash Out Refi for Properties in Trust LLC
I have 4 properties (2 MF, 2 SFR) in California in a trust LLC. I am the sole trustee and also one of the beneficiaries. All properties are owned free and clear (no debt) and we would like to cash out refi so we can f...
Rickey Wallace
Investors as RE agents
As I've been watching podcasts n reading topic posts, one thing that has crossed my mind: how come people aren't wanting to quit their jobs to become RE agents or brokers while becoming a full time investor? On paper,...