Alvin Ng
Structuring real estate for cost and protection in California
Hi BP,Although I’ve only started in real estate investing, I’ve been reading books on tax and legal protections. In protecting my investments, I’ve learned the importance of the first and second defense, home owner’s ...
N.A N.A
Should I become a "slum lord"?
I live in Austin and am considering a property that is most definitely in a bad part of town. The street is littered with lots of un-picked up garbage and several cars on blocks. But the financing looks great.
4-pl...
Account Closed
Analyzing a 5 Unit Rental
Good Afternoon!I've been looking at a bunch properties and i think i've finally found one that would be a good first investment and i was wondering if the community at BP could help me out at all?It's a 3 story, 5 uni...
Becca F.
San Francisco Bay Area/NorCal Investors - let's help out our CA friends
I've had many beginning investors message me on BP who are in the Bay Area or met them at local meet ups. The demographics of these investors are typically high income earners, almost 90% working in tech (software en...
Sam Leon
A laundry party...Really?
OK I am a nice guy. I pay for the water at my apartments. I don't charge for the use of the fourplex's washer & dryer.Last weekend I was there one evening, and noticed one of the tenants was having a party. The...
Xin Z.
Tenant wants to buy my house
My tenant wants to buy my house but comes up with an offer lower than market. She said if the inspection finds everything is right about the house then she can consider a higher offer. Should I allow her to hire an ...
Jesse Ballou
San Antonio Investor Generating Checklist for Buying BRRRR Props.
Hello All!My name is Jesse and I’m looking to buy my first San Antonio BRRRR investment property in September/October timeframe. In the meantime, I’m hoping to assemble a checklist that runs you through the whole pro...
Pouyan G.
Do the numbers work out? How do you choose?
Hi all so I've been running the numbers on properties during the past year in southern california LA, OC and Inland Empire. Im seeing very little in the way of cash flow properties but wanted to seewhat you all thoug...
Justin Campbell
[Calc Review] Help me analyze this deal
View report*This link comes directly from our calculators, based on information input by the member who posted.Hello!When you look at this report, does it look like a good deal to you? I appreciate yo...
Jason Stephan
Rental property
Looking at a house 3/2 1464sqft
purchase @ 180,000
20% down probably at 4.5%-4.7%
possible rent ^$1000
hoa $371 quarterly which includes full maintenance of front yard
There is no way ...