Baird King
What to know when you find that off-market deal
Hey BP team. My fiance and I are starting our first direct mail campaign in Santa Barbara, CA to hopefully land our first off-market live-in rental. In this market we would be putting between 5%-20% down. Wondering...
Alex Scotte
Re-key between tenants?
Hello all,
I have a prospective tenant who wants me to re-key the front door. I don't feel it's necessary because the prior tenants are trustworthy and also have moved out of the city. It sounds like the tenant will...
Jacob I Strauss
D4D, Direct mail, and Wholesalers which works best?
Friends,A penny for your thoughts on advertising being that I'm very much small time I am looking for your opinion and maybe what worked best for you. So I am on the hunt for my first deal and after about a month with...
David Benton
Developers and Builders
I'm in the acquisition process of a few tracts of land varying from 300 to 500 acres each to complete entitlement and sell to local builders. The area I'm focusing on is selling between $6000 to $10,000 per acre and ...
Dave J.
Hi to all in the BP community
Hello everyone,After many detours I'm now ready to jump into this both feet, is the water cold? Been reading the forums and listening to podcast for couple of months.My name is Dave, I'm from Ireland (Dublin) and have...
David Schach
50% rule seems extremely arbitrary
I am very familiar with this rule of thumb, however it seems so misguided and arbitrary and takes into account almost nothing other than a base rental assumption.Say you've got a 10 unit building and most tenants are ...
Dennis Rogov
Becoming Top Real Estate Investor Friendly Agent in Local Market
Hello, David Greene talks about this constantly on his podcast that there is not enough real estate investor friendly agents from coast to coast ;I have made a decision that i will specialize in working with investors...
Katie Stroman
Renting an accessory dwelling unit
I recently purchased a SF home with an ADU. One owner used it as an in law suite and another as an office. It is fully functional with a full bathroom and kitchen and over 700 square feet of living space. I've been to...
Vasudha Chaudhary
Lehigh Acres - Renttoretirement (RTR) projections were a scam
I bought a new construction with the Renttoretirement (RTR) platform in Nov-Dec'23 and regretting it big time! The numbers forecasted by them come nowhere close to reality. I took out a mortgage at ~7% and now simply...
Tim Coppola
Sump pump backups
I bought my first property earlier this year in Chicago and it has a sump pump in the basement unit. Being that this is my first property and I have never dealt with sump pumps before I had someone come out and look a...