I live in California and I purchased a duplex in WA State and closed on 7/24/2015.  I had a PM already contracted to take over the same day, which he did go over and talk to the two tenants.Last week, on 9/16, 2015, I...

I've been considering 10-31 exchanging my SFH's for an apartment complex. Trouble is, few of them have a cap rate worth investing in, let alone a cash on cash return worth investing in considering leverage, and even t...

Looking to buy a house that's not for sale.  What would a typical premium you would offer? 10%?  20%?   I know the correct answer is 'whatever gets the deal done and what you're comfortable offering' but I just am try...

Hi Everyone,
So, I live in a location (Rockville, MD) mostly consisting of high-priced properties and find it difficult to consider SFHs for buy-and-hold purposes.  My strategy of interest is with buy-and-hold of SFH...

Hello Bigger Pockets Community!My name is Shari Theodozio and I have been a Real Estate Appraiser in Atwater, California for the past 14 years. I really could kick myself for not getting started in purchasing rental ...

Hello, this post is an update to my previous post : To summarize that post: buying a house for ~$250k w/ a 30-yr fixed rate loan, will try to lease it out for ~$2k a month, monthly expenses are ~2.2k a month.The fixed...

Well it’s been nearly five months since we closed escrow on our quadplex located in San Luis Obispo, Ca.  I can’t even begin to tell you what a learning process it’s all been.  Honestly I’m not sure we would’ve gone t...

Hello! I hope everyone is staying safe out there during these unprecedented times.I wanted to ask the community, a rough ball park figure on what it would cost to build an ADU of let's say 500 sq. ft. with one bathroo...

Hi All,

This is my first post as I just bought my first rental property and came across this fantastic site. Hope to stay engaged with others on this forum.

Some background - I just closed on a town house pro...

I'm an investor from California and I am under contract on a 4-plex on a property that is in Tennessee.  I just received the inspection report back and there are some items that give me pause on moving forward.  The m...