Jayme Jahns
Buying house with a possible break even or negative CF
Hello, I am looking at one of the last options in my price range of a duplex in Auburn, WA. List price is 235,000. But rents are only 1390 a month. We are shooting for offering 215 and counting on raising rents to at ...
Jeffrey Radcliffe
What are you investing in with your Solo 401K?
Hello, BP Community,If you have a Solo 401K w/ $100K to invest, how would you invest it, or what are you currently investing in with your Solo 401K? I am considering investing in a small rental property and paying cas...
AJ Wong
Does and should climate change factor into home buying and investing?
When it comes to successful real estate investment, insight and foresight are essential components to a profitable portfolio. Insight brought me from LA to the Oregon Coast in 2018, partly fueled by a recognition that...
Kyle O'Donnell
Forbearance ending. Opportunity?
The CARES act ends on June 21, 2021. Federally backed loans (FHA, VA) will resume payments and I’m sure many borrowers will default. Are we on the precipice of serious opportunity? Short sales, foreclosures? What stra...
Samantha M.
Prepared for the 2013 Recession?
Many media outlets, respected investors and the like are reporting 2013 will be yet another recession. Possibly more severe than the one in 2008 due to factors such as increased national debt, printing money, manipula...
Rob Rey
Realtor gets snippy, thinks my offers are too low !
I have recently restarted to look for a property with a new realtor.
I asked the Realtor to put in two offers for me.
One was 80% of the asking price of an IndyMac owned house that was listed for 196,000
The other ...
Scott Trench
Help Me Understand the Fed's Most Recent Rate Hike?
Up until now, I've been cheering the Fed on, grateful that Jerome Powell took his lumps for the way too easy money policies in late 2021, and cranked hard on interest rates to beat inflation. I think in 2022, this Fed...
Steven M.
Too Many "Investors" Owning Homes...Are We Heading For A Whole New Serious R/E Problem?
I would like to address a concern I have about the herd-mentality of everyone and their uncle becoming "investors" and how this is likely to have very serious long term implications on housing that few have thought mu...
Bryan Balk
Does anyone else think this is really F'ed up
And Obama just vetoed a bill that would make it easier for banks to foreclose. Can anyone out there tell me a story about someone that has been paying there mortgage and was accidentally foreclosed on?????? ...
Ben Leybovich
What is the best deal you've put together with under $10,000 cash
It's best to have both knoledge and money. But, if you had to have one or the other, you would chose knowledge - of course. In this spirit:
What is the best deal that you've put together requiring $10,000 of YOUR c...