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There has been a lot of discussion on BP around rent to own, lease to own, etc. I have offered this type of deal on a few occasions, but it was never accepted. We all are big fans of the idea of, give me a big down ...
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Hello fellow BP members!The inventory of the market I am looking to invest in is pretty low. As a result, there is a great deal of cash buyers which makes it difficult for me to be competitive. This is one of the reas...
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I'm located in Northern California with in a hour of both the Carr fire and Camp fire. Both really divesting and pretty tough on the local communities. Me being a newbie and what I have seen is some interesting tren...
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I am looking at single family homes for buy and hold. In reading the forums it seems the higher cash on cash returns come from smaller houses in bad neighborhoods, at least on paper. It seems to me that those type of ...
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First off, to the OG’s on the forum, thank you so much. You know who you are...
This listing is more or less the brainchild of this forum and this wouldn’t be possible without all the wealth of knowledge from this gr...
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Hi everyone, Newbie to STR here. So I narrowed down my market already and am starting to go to open houses. When you go to open houses, how do you decide if it's the right house for STR (after the numbers make sense)?...
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House-Hacking will most likely be my first vehicle of RE investing, it seems like a great way to get started with so many people having success doing this. I had some concerns about it, hoping BP can help me figure th...
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I’m a brand new investor located in St Johns County, FL. It’s difficult to find flip or rental deals here so I plan on building entry level new construction homes to build my liquidity. I know that if my #s are right,...
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Hey guys and girls,
I am looking to start house hacking soon and plan on renting some of my extra rooms out to friends. That being said, should I get them to sign a lease or not? It will probably be on a MTM basis s...
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We are new to College student rental: Lease starts on 3rd of the mo - are we obligated to prorate that month? Lease end date is the 24th-do we prorate that month as well? We are renting our 2 year old investment prope...