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The Austin area real estate market continues displaying incredible resiliency in the face of extremely low housing inventory and economic challenges related to the COIVD-19. Home sales typically slow in the fall, but ...
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Hi BP,
I'm looking to connect with multifamily investors familiar with condo to apartment conversions. Would like to bounce around some ideas on a complex that I believe has significant upside through the conversion ...
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I found a REIT about a year ago and have been collecting on it every month since. The stock is PSEC (Prospect Capital) and it pays dividends monthly , over 13% yearly. The thing that's nice about the monthly dividends...
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Hi BP community! I am researching the smartest ways to buy a new condo or apartment for my mom. With the uncertainty in the market and rising interest rates, my initial thought was to wait 3-6 months to see if either ...
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Hello everyone. I saved up $130k. Should I get a mortgage loan to buy a condo or an apartment, for approximately $220-250k, as my primary residence, put 30% down payment, live there for a year, then make it a rental p...
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We have a small little 1 bedroom house.. Bought it freshly remodeled for like 18k. 4 rooms(Kitchen/laundry, family room, bathroom, bedroom). Nice lot, 1 car garage... Rents for $500 a month. It's in our lease that ten...
Hi bp members ! I was planning on listing my condo in December but have gotten a lot of feedback from some agents lately telling me to hold off and wait until spring to try and sell it. I have been living here for th...
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WOW, it is crazy how divided articles, economist, housing experts and the media are so split on this TOPIC? I am seeing people that I know or follow that study data say "it is a buyers market". I am also seeing arti...
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With so much speculation about the market and its direction, are you waiting on the sidelines, ready to pounce, or are you still pushing forward with conservative underwriting regardless of what the market does?
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Hi. I would like your advice on one of my three rental properties.I purchased this SFH in Cook County, IL., in 2018. I paid 168,000 and put 25% down. Over the past three years, I have raised rent to 2,300 (It's Sectio...