I am currently battling with the local school district here in Orange County.  Capistrano Unified School District.  Their interpretation of the new ADU laws don't match up with the intent of the legislation.  They are...

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I'm just about to buy my second multifamily property and one of the advices that my uncle gave me was to max out my 401k. Now, don't get me wrong, he owns a franchise and also has about four rental pro...

Hey BP,So in May I bought a property that was a 5-bed, 3 bath Single Fam House when I bought it, but has now been converted into a 4-3 with an in-law suite built in. I am going for a refi now.....We ordered the apprai...

Hi Everyone,I have been working on a project for some time now and we're finally ready to launch - now we are just trying to figure out which state to go for first.This project answers the thread posted a couple days ...

Hello!  I put my house on the market back in June and got a full price (341,900) offer with me paying 3 percent closing.  Made all repairs requested from inspection and then 3 days before closing buyer finances were d...

How do you estimate the ''exit cap rate'' on a commercial property? I understand that you can evaluate a sales price based on what the seller or broker presents as the cap rate and NOI, but how do investors determine ...

I thought I'd share this anecdotal story since it seems a theme on the forums and blog is about taking it a little bit slow when you are starting out.  (This is probably more geared toward buy and hold people than fli...

Whenever we put for rent sign on the yard and the relevant junction near to the House we are planning to rent, we get too many calls asking for simple questions. These questions can be "Is the house a 3 bed, 2 bath...

I just put together this spreadsheet for using comps to estimate the value of a potential property.

Have you ever wasted time trying to play around with adjustment amounts to get your comps to all end up around the s...

What do you think a person who is worth between $5 million and $25 million dollars would consider the most important to the least important when looking at investment choices?

I just read an article from a Family Off...