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Hello, everyone - I'm currently working my way through J Scott's books and taking notes. I'm a buy-and-hold investor by nature but it seems acquiring distressed properties and adding value through renovation (minor or...
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Hey guys,
I've posted a few deal analysis reports on properties I've found on the MLS or from an agent OOS
I've gotten a lot of "don't do turnkey" which I'm sure is good advice generally.
My question is though, if...
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I am a relatively new investor that has gotten my feet wet by using my own savings to buy my first deal. The deal was just okay, and now that I have the education of how to actually evaluate, buy, and rent a single f...
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I've only flipped and rented SFH but stumbled on this tiny mobile home park in an area we want to get aggressive investing in the area it is in. 11 lots: - 9 MBH (100% occupied)- 1 single family "stick" house (occupie...
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I purchased a multi unit property ,the renovation was included in the mortgage my question is ,when it is asked on the tax for depreciation the purchase price do i use the sale price of the property or do i use the s...
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I have recently read Landlording on Auto-pilot by Mike Butler. A good book for tips on systems, etc. However, some of the book is a little outdated. I'm trying to decide whether to begin property managing on my own...
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Hey BP family!  I wanted to reach out to the community to ask I feel like a question that has been asked multiple times by those investors wanting to expand into bigger and higher cash flowing markets. Self storage v...
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I bought my first investment property (a “duplex”) when I was 22. Prior to making this purchase I had to prepare for nearly two years in order to set up the necessary financial infrastructure to make this purchase. Th...
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Hello All,Brand new member, second post ever. I am currently researching prospective MFHs for my first rental property with the intent to buy soon (my houses closes the 22nd, which is going to be used to help with th...
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I saw a expired listing for a 4-plex on MLS, and the asking price was 285,000. The first thing jumps out at me was this is the first 4-plex in the area that is under 300,000, The quoted rental income was 780/unit/mont...