Ying Gong
Entering buy and hold market right now
San Diego housing price is at and above pre-recession level. I am wondering whether the timing is not right to enter market for buying and holding (for rent) when positive cash flow seems generally challenging. It s...
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Land Trusts with LLCs??????
Just got done reading Wealth Protection Secrets by William Bronchick. The book came highly recommended by REI. Anyway, in the book the author recommends using a Land Trust in conjunction with a LLC. In essence the ...
Adam Craig
Why BP so negative on property management?
I commented before on my situation, but just a quick recap so you know where I am coming from. I am self employed via eCommerce and my business bring me about 15K/ month profit and rising - leading me to want to inves...
Jack Hou
Time to sell for max appreciation in Bay Area?
Hey all!First time post but I have been following BP for quite some time. I'm facing this dilemma of whether or not I should hold on to my million dollar, unrealistically tiny town house. Here's the situation: Situat...
Edwin De leon
Monthly Rental Income Profit I Should Expect From a 2-3 MF
I will be buying my 1st 2 MF with a VA NO MONEY DOWN LOAN as a 100% Disabled Veteran ... ( will have 6 months reserve in bank for mortgage pymts, and $15k for unexpected major repairs )
What should be reasonable go...
Greg Mitchell
401K
At this point I'm contributing 6% of my pay and getting 3% match by my employer. That's the max they will do.
The way I look at it, the company match basically protects my contribution from inflation, and any fund i...
Keith Anderson
Boston / Cambridge investing strategies
I'm really glad to see local sub-forums and wanted to kick off the discussion here. Hopefully some keyword alerts for Boston, MA and Cambridge, MA draw folks in.I'm a new investor based in Cambridge. My wife and I wan...
Neil Wei
Multifamily househacking analysis help
Hey guys, I'm looking to purchase my first real estate property this year and according to my analysis, househacking a multifamily house here doesn't make any sense, I feel like I'm missing something. Here's an exampl...
Andrew Burkhart
Accessory dwelling units (ADU’s) San Diego
So long story short bought a house in San Diego county as my first rental property and I’m in the negative around 300$ a month so bad investment looking for a way to turn it around and have been researching ADU’s. Won...
Anand S.
Who's Selling in this incredibly Hot market?
This market is on overdrive. Who is taking chips off the table?