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Hello BP Friends!
This is my first post and I am excited to be a part of the community. I currently live in my first home and am looking to move to my next home/pre-investment property and I want to see if anyone ca...
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Good morning,I'm looking to get advice on LLCs. Is it better to have all rental properties in one LLC or have an LLC for each property? I understand having multiple LLCs can be challenging but I think it would be help...
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Hi all. Newbie here and new to calculating the deal.
What cap ex number or % do you use for calculating expenses on an apartment, or is there no cap ex for an apartment and instead is only maintenance and HOA ?
Th...
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Hi All,I am new investor based in Bay Area CA, looking to invest in small multi-family (Duplex/Triplex). What I am noticing in the Bay Area is most small multi-family is really old construction around 70-80 years old....
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So, I saw a video about renting rooms, apts, etc to rerent on AirBnb. I understand how it works, but I am having a problem knowing how much to rent a property for. I have to make sure that a property will rent for m...
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Has anyone converted a single family to a duplex in Austin? Our current residents is 1600 sqft 4/2, zoned SF-3 with 1850sqft lot. Poking around online we should be able to build onto (second story) the property and “e...
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I wanted to start a discussion where investors can share ideas and strategies as Amazon moves into our market. We can also discuss the potential growth in property values and impact on surrounding markets due to the a...
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Hello, this question doesn't behave well with the search algorithms so I was struggling to find the answer. I believe this would not be allowed but I figured I'd ask. If you are doing an FHA multi-family (duplex) pu...
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(posting this for a friend who’s not on BP)
Situation: My mom and dad have big hearts and made a nice gesture but unsound “personal finances” decision years ago. My mom runs a charity and to ensure the loan would be ...
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My parents are retired and own 2 properties in culver city CA, in west los angeles area. One is a single family appraised at 1.3 million the other a duplex that was valued at around 1.1 million. They put a 1st mortga...