Neal Bawa
Is the relationship between cap rates and interest rates broken?
Savvy apartment Real Estate Investors know that the most common benchmark for measuring returns and gauging pricing for commercial real estate is the cap rate. The cap rate is the annual return that investors receive ...
Fred Heller
50% rule question
When estimating operating expenses using the 50% rule, do you include property taxes and insurance as part of the 50%? Or do you consider that part of the mortgage payment?50% seems kind of high to me without the taxe...
David Krulac
If You're Going to Get Rich, Better Do It by Age 35
http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/savingandinvesting/if-youre-going-to-get-rich-better-do-it-by-age-35/ar-AA9iPEp
Troy B.
How does this deal sound?
I'm looking at buying my first rental and here is the deal I found. It's a two unit duplex that looks to only need cosmetic work for the most part. Only major issue is the electric panel being fuses which I hope to ha...
Greg Baker
Rent or Sell our current home?
Quick background: We purchased our first home in 10/2010 as a newly married couple with a FHA loan and as little down as possible. We paid $93,000 and financed $91,764 for the home. The home is a 4/2 with two kitche...
Arlan Potter
No reserves necessary
I have seen a bunch of questions about reserves for things like vacancies, major repairs, and capital improvements. In my opinion, these are not relevant to my rental empire.I try to find properties that at a minimum ...
Pyrrha Rivers
What systems, processes or tricks do you use to acquire properties?
I was participating in a thread by @Sandra Holt who war generously sharing the acquisition of her second rental.Many congratulations and comments later, I asked one of the responders if he would explain a technique he...
Jerryll Noorden
A Fool Proof System To Wholesale Successfully!
Boy I constantly see people here asking about wholesaling, how to find cash buyers, how to find motivated seller leads and questions on what mentoring system to buy for wholesaling.
I don't mean to crap on anyone's w...
David P.
More kids then originally told
Hello everyone,
i consider myself a careful and seasoned landlord. Most recently I had a unit for rent and I screened carefully, made them do my smart move application, checked paystubs, bank statements. My smart ...
Noah Jacobson
Hello Bigger Pockets Community!!!
Hello Bigger Pockets Groupies!
My name is Noah Jacobson, and I am BRAND NEW to the Bigger Pockets community and the world of real estate investing. A bit of background about myself: I just turned 25 years old, gradua...