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Tonight I am in London.
London is a place I visit often and was my home for three recent years.
During our time living in London, we - my family of four - visited as many places across Europe as practical, knowing...
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Hi all! I am going into escrow for my first STR purchase (yay!) that is an existing Airbnb with future bookings into the year already. Ideally, I would prefer to capture their existing bookings after closing, by direc...
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I am a college student trying to put some cash I have saved up into a rental property. I live in the Suburbs outside of New York City which means there's nothing under $300k worth touching. I want to invest in the C...
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So I'm still poking around and looking for how to invest in RE. I haven't purchased an investment property yet, but am currently offered a private financing deal w/ a neighbor/friend.So my neighbor a few houses down i...
My Husband and I own 3 houses and two of them are rentals. He wants me to put the rentals under an LLC. Now I know an LLC is to protect you in the event of being suid, but if we have good insurance polocies, does that...
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HI BP Community!Can you help demistify Cap Rates? What is a Cap Rate? What does it tell me about the property? Why is it so important? I've read how to calculate Cap Rates, but I just don't get it...yet.Thanks in adva...
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So I know there are a lot of "Rules of Thumb" on the Residential side of Real Estate. As I try to transition into Commercial (Retail) I find that I have no idea on how to perform the proper analysis. What are the Ex...
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Over the past 6 months I have been on a serious hunt to purchase income producing parking lots & structures across several markets. Three offers made so far but no deals. I just wanted to share some of my thought...
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Goooooood morning BP!
For my next property, I have had the vision to break into the small commercial multi family space (6-25 units) on a local level, and have taken action and started the journey down that ...
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Hello, wanted to quickly introduce myself.
I'm Mike, married with two young kids living west of Minneapolis and I turn 40 this year. My wife and I both work and have contributed enough to our retirement funds that w...