Samir Patel
Deal Analysis for House Hacking
Hi,
I want to locate my first investment property that I plan on purchasing with an FHA loan and house hacking (living in one of the rooms and renting out the others) in Northern Virginia. Since there aren't many mul...
Bruno Miranda
Rent, rehab and re-rent in Africa a financial analysis
Hi everyone! I'm Bruno and I'm from Luanda, Angola. It's an African country. I'm a real estate agent for almost 10years while I'm still doing the agency I started to invest as well. I'm doing something that most peopl...
John Nisewonger
Prorated rent requirements
So renting out my single family again and I have a couple qualified applicants. Just coming across some things that I havent had to deal with yet. My previous tenants moved in the first of the month.So I charge $925...
Terence J.
California Bill to kill the Costa-Hawkins Act
There is a bill currently in the state legislature to end the Costa-Hawkins act. For those not aware Costa-Hawkins affords certain protections to property owners in California. The most important are:1) No rent con...
Dan Miles
Cashout refi will mess up my cash flow!
should I still do a cash out refi if my cashflow drops down? I have a condo. Usually not a good investment but it used to be my primary that I turned rental 2yrs ago. Right now mortgage is at 4.5% total with taxes ...
Arran Cooper
New Investor Introduction - Washington, D.C.
Hello all,
My name is Arran Cooper and I'm a new real estate investor based out of Washington, D.C. I've been a commercial mortgage broker going on 5 years now and, after working on financing numerous commercial rea...
Kenneth LaVoie
Winter move outs, ways of discouraging
As most of you know, vacancies can be harder to fill than warmer times of the year. People who have their "lives together" TEND to move when the weather is more cooperative. That being said, our phone rings just as mu...
Jackie Lange
Free Fixer Upper Houses
Hopefully BP does not consider this an ad. It is not. I'm not selling or giving away houses. Just providing information. Get Free Fixer Upper HousesSound too good to be true? In most cases it probably would be. But...
Brandon M.
Advice on whether to sell or hold
Hello all, I'm new to BP and new to the real estate world.I purchased my first property about 7 years ago and it's current estimated value is about $7k less than what I purchased it for. For the last 2 years, I've be...
Beau Fannon
Austin Market Stats for the week of April 9 to April 16
ABOR March numbers were released today so David Ivy should be posting them for us here on BP soon. To say I was surprised about the year-over-year sales volume beat is an understatement. After we review the weekly M...