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Hey everyone, my name is Rob Gard and I live in Schererville Indiana - about 30 miles outside of Chicago. I currently work in downtown Chicago and have been climbing the corporate ladder for the past ten years. Real e...
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A post in the landlording section inspired me to review and post numbers. One thing to think you are being honest with yourself, quite another to put it out there for critique by more seasoned investors.Putting my num...
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Hello BP,I have reviewed many potential apartment deals marketed by different sponsors. While all of them were unique, most of them had one thing in common: they were underwritten for 10% economic vacancy (or less!) s...
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Hi everbody,my husband and I are just starting in Real Estate business. Our 1st tenants we have inherited as we purchased our 1st investment property over a year ago. In 2 days we are closing on our 2nd investment pro...
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Good morning and happy Monday to everyone out there. In advance of the BP conference I wanted to craft a summary of what my top three expectations are for myself to get out of this conference (purely from a self acco...
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Hi everyone!My name is Sthefany Lamoureux and I am 22 years old and I live in Massachusetts. I've been a member of BP for a few weeks but I haven't yet posted in the forums until now. So, my boyfriend and I are teamin...
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If you are screening tenants and you figure that the tenant might be have a difficult life situation, would you put that into consideration when choosing if the financial side of the screening passes?
On a hunch a...
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Hi all, I am a first time real estate investor looking to purchase my first "house hack" (live in one room/unit and rent the rest) here in Austin. I am looking at a general price range of about $250K-$350K.Thanks to c...
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Hello,
I am a new investor and I am looking for advice on what to do with my second investment property (House Hack / BRRR). Specifically, I am weighing my options and trying to figure out if I should keep my proper...
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Hi all, I was just on a US thread where the theory of the case was roughly that gateway cities (NY, HK, London) are always a good bet. I posted these numbers there because I'm always interested in relative value bet...