Troy Bleth
OPINIONS NEEDED- cash flow vs long term property value
would you rather have 1 home valued at $500,000 which cash flows $1000 per month and be paid off in 10 years or have 3 homes valued at $1,500,000 total which cash flows zero dollars per month and be put into 30 year m...
Duke Giordano
Bad Debt, Concessions, Vacancy... The new syndication world.
Hello All,Can someone help me understand a particular term, Bad debt. In addition, what is means to see increased "Bad Debt" at this time, both in general and in quantitative terms. If this value (Bad Debt) does ch...
Matthew Keyes
Taking home loan from Family Trust
Hi all!Looking for pros and cons as well as any additional foresight for the following scenario:We are looking into buying property and building a new construction. While the bank has no issue loaning me more money t...
Peter Bussey
Old timer from Pittsburgh finally checking in
After reading and researching on BP for past year and a half, finally checking in with an intro! During that time, I've bought and rehabbed 4 SFRs in the Pittsburgh area, and rented 3 of them out. The reason why i p...
Tim Polk
What's giving you analysis paralysis?
In a motivating mood today. What's holding you from taking your first or next step?
Alexander Hitchon
How much do you put aside for CAPEX
I was recently reading a Biggerpockets book on investing in rental property and I saw an interesting chart in the book about an estimate of typical CAPEX for a property. Curious if you think these #s are accurate I fe...
Vincent Ballew
Condos as vacation rentals in Hawaii
I have some questions on purchasing condos in Hawaii as a vacation rental and was wondering if anyone could help me out.I know location would greatly effect this but overall how do they perform with all the expenses? ...
Moises Ulloa
Appellate Division overruled foreclosure tax law
Hi All! I’m in the process of closing on a property in NJ which is being sold by another investor who got it through a tax lien foreclosure. During the process I recently learned that the title company working on my c...
Richard Montoya
Stealing electricity
Long story short...My elderly mother-in-law lives in Dallas (Oak Cliff... Near Bishop Art District). She's been renting a small house for a couple of years. On the front lawn - same property - there is a small commerc...
Sol Dubnov
deducting major repairs
We purchased a rental property and had to invest major amounts into repairs. The cost of the work is expected to exceed the projected rent income for this and may be couple more years, and we were hoping to recover th...