Jinyu D.
2% of purchase price or ARV
I always hear the 2% rule as a guide line for rental properties. But I'm not sure whether it's 2% of your purchase price or 2% of the ARV. If the property needs rehab and the repair cost will make a big difference on ...
Raimondo F.
New member - video surveillance in SF
Hi everyone,just signed up to Bigger Pockets.Our family has recently purchased a four-plex in San Francisco and we are having some "fun" discovered the twists of the San Francisco rent-controlled market. We want to mo...
Lisa Green
Financing more than 100%
If you had the opportunity to finance more than you spent on a property - at a fixed rate for 15 years - would you do it? Or would you dial it down to improve cash flow?
On the property that we just finished,...
Alexander Merritt
Land Trust and LLC Tools
Hello BP! I'm a new investor looking into Rentals. I've been doing a ton of reading on Asset Protection and one of the combinations I've come across is purchasing the property using a Land Trust and LLC.A Land Trust c...
Tim Bergstrom
Nashville Multifamily Grandfathered Zoning
Hey BP,I've got a fairly specific question for any Nashville investors well versed in the details of Nashville zoning codes and rules. I'm familiar with the common zoning codes such as "R10" being one or two unit dwel...
Erik Sherburne
Advantage/Disadvantage to owning properties with the same HOA
For those that invest in condos/town homes any opinions of the advantages or disadvantages of owning multiple properties in the same HOA? I have two now and looking at a third. I have two others in different associa...
Ian Davies
Should I live in my first multi-family purchase?
I have been planning to start investing with a few of my family members over the past few months and we are in a position to move forward and are assembling our team. We are forming an LLC and all 3 of us will hav...
Jacob Prelle
Short Term Rentals on a Land Lease
My wife and I have been debating on buying an STR in Palm Springs, CA. The house is beautiful and can certainly net me a higher profit than a property without a land lease (with a land lease = typically a nicer house....
Omid Torkian
looking for multiunit residential cash flow potential. HELP!
I live in Los Angeles and I have bought a couple properties here locally but I'm not in a position to afford much more here with the high prices. I have s large network of friends that live in Los Angeles also and wan...
Brandon Cobb
How does one afford multiple properties?
Just starting out, and with little to no money in my pockets, I'm looking to close on my first Buy & Hold property.
I chose something that needed zero repair, needs very little updates, and is something that I ca...