Evan Cruz
Who started out poor and succeeded?
If you are reading this and started investing in real estate with $20000 or less, or with no personal money down, and had massive success in your real estate investing career, what did you do exactly to start out a...
Brendon Bourne
Property Management Best Practices
Hello,I work at a small private equity firm in Boston formed in 2021. We have 7 buildings in Boston with 201 doors. I helped with the acquisition of all of these buildings. We previously outsourced all of our property...
Kenson Goo
Self-managed Landlords' problems and solutions
I self-manage a few properties remotely and I couldn't find an affordable solution for managing my properties. I like buildium, but $150 / month is expensive. I also tried out hiring property managers but 10% of rent ...
Joshua Robinson
Paid Cash for all deals Good or Bad?
Hi everyone, so here’s the story. I played in the NFL for 8 years. While playing I always said that when I retired I wanted 10 properties and no debt. I was afraid that if I allowed debt to pile up while playing, and ...
Corey M.
Landlord rights in regards to Military lease early termination
I purchased my 1st investment property from REI Nation last year and a major selling point to me was that the average tenant staying for ~5.5 years. This morning, after ~1.5 years, I was informed my tenant is termina...
Tina Bo
Tenant still in house 1 week before closing
We are purchasing a home that we intend to live in as our primary residence (we have two other investment homes out of state so it's not our first rodeo). We are purchasing the home through the seller and her agent, h...
Susan Knight
LLC question
I am wondering if I should register for my LLC via the secretary of state, myself or should I just get an attorney to do so for the filing. I eventually will have to get an real estate attorney, but couldn't I save mo...
Terry Lao
What sacrifice have you made for down payment?
I have heard a lot of posts about how to buy real estate with no money down, low down, first time buyer program, etc. All these paths are possible, but they are financial decisions that you are now just realizing when...
Sameer Kh
Should I sell my losing SFR rental or continue to hold on
Hello BP folks,
I have an interesting situation for one of my rental property which I purchased in Feb 2016 for $109K.
The property has now appraised for $130K and I expect it to appraise at the same rate. I put dow...
Jerry Poon
Financial Independence Lifestyle: Before and After
For those of you who have jumped into real estate investments to reach the goal of financial independence, what is the lifestyle you have visualized for yourself after you have done so?For those of you who have reache...