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Hi everyone,I'm analyzing an apartment building, and while doing so, I got to thinking about a question that I had better clarify before going in to further discussion with passive investors... For my business plan, ...
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Has anyone refinanced a 30 year fixed mortgage into a 5/1 ARM? I'm thinking about doing this to significantly lower my payments for the short term. With a 5/1 ARM, the rate is fixed for 5 years (60 payments) and then ...
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Hey BP, I am planning on trying my hand with some flips in 2023! I have a lead funnel to find deals, and a contractor ready to go my hang up is reliable financing. looking for investor first hand feedback on a reliabl...
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The most fundamental metric in the commercial real estate space is, without a doubt, the capitalization rate or cap rate. It is calculated by dividing a property’s net operating income (NOI) by the purchase price (NOI...
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Hello! My husband and I are beginning the stages of learning about real estate. We are preparing our house to turn it into a long term rental unit and plan to house hack a duplex or fourplex (along with our 4 kids 😜)....
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Investment Info:
Small multi-family (2-4 units) buy & hold investment in Idaho Falls.
Purchase price: $229,000
Cash invested: $18,000
Sale price: $325,000
Multifamily (4 units) property in Id...
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I'm currently in a single family house hack I am about to move out of. Can I do a cost segregation on a property I didn't purchase as an investment property but plan to use that way? Does it make sense to run a cost s...
Hi all - I am looking to buy my first STR in a vacation/destination market on the east coast. I'd like the investment to:1. be in a market where the regulations are pretty settled at this point (i.e., limited to no lo...
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Hi Everyone!
I'm new to BP! I'm actively looking to buy some land near the smoky mountains (ideally 30min-1.5hr away) and build a home for STR.
I've been doing research on zoning and what you can/can't do but its a ...
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I've recently decided to start my time in Real Estate Investment. I plan on moving in less than a year to the Greenville, SC area. I plan on getting into residential multi-family and grow into commercial multi-famil...