Adam Bearup
Where to invest cap ex reserves?
Hello BP community,
I'm interested to learn what most investors do with the portion of rental income commonly set aside for cap ex, repair, and vacancy costs.
Does it go straight to the bank? Invested in CD's or a ...
Jennifer Rysdam
What is your lease renewal process
I'm going to be renewing a few leases here shortly and want to know what everyone's process is. Do you print a whole new packet with the lease and addendums for them to sign, or do you just do a renewal form that stat...
Sidney Duquette
Strategies for High Equity Growth Properties: Risk Mitigation, Value-Add, Cash Flow
I am a moderately experienced RE investor looking for advice on investing in high-equity growth opportunities. I understand that at my age, focusing on properties with strong equity growth potential (even if cash flow...
Will Sifert
Tax lien states - how do you bid?
There is about 20 or so tax lien states and another 5 or so that offer both.
I’m fascinated at the different ways the bidding takes place. This is often something that is overlooked or missed when people talk about t...
Chris Mason
VA Loan for 2-4 units, what you need to know. Active or EAS'd.
Yay for having Military Investing Forum!
Off the top of my head, these are some of the most common questions/answers/issues that come up when trying to use a VA loan to purchase a 2-4 unit property. Basically my only...
Amjad Farooq
Reporting New Property to the IRS
Hi everyone,I purchased a house with cash for $100K in 2014. I spent another $50K to remodel this house. Do I need to report the following to the IRS on my 2014 tax returns?:(1) Purchase of this house for $100K(2) Ano...
Joshua Durrin
Marketing is Expensive!
Holy crap! Marketing is expensive! I went to listsource.com to build my list and had 10,000 people or so on it. I filtered the duplicates and only had names where the mailing and property addresses were whole. Further...
Andrey Y.
Mortgage rates skyrocketing !
Hello all. Apparently, the best terms on an investment property are currently 5.25-5.375% with 25% down, and 5.75-5.875% with 20% down, this is with a 740++ credit score. 30 year fixed. This is what a reputable lender...
Sean Doherty
Rhode Island septic issue purchasing a multi family
HI everyone,
I'm going to tour a property tomorrow in Rhode Island. It's a 4 unit in a location that I like.
The issue is the property currently has a cess pool and needs a septic in order for the seller to actuall...
Giannina Biala
Palm Beach Area- Self Managing
Hi All
Any investor self managing a vacation rental in Palm
beach Area? Any tips on effectively self managing or just better to pass on to property management if not in area?