John Hamrin
Financing your deals
I was listening to a BP podcast and the speaker (I think his name was Charles) was saying that if you want to be a good investor you should spend more time learning/figuring out the financing for the property over the...
Angelo Van
Applying and judging the 1% rule
So i've heard many people talk about the 1% rule. The rule states that the monthly rent should be around 1% of the purchase price. Now I want to say I do understand this is a rule of thumb and I do understand it's no...
Tua Toiaivao
Wholesale Deals from MLS
I've heard many BP podcast guests say they get a big chunk of their wholesale deals from the MLS. How have you done this? I've scoured the MLS for about 8 wks now and found several "potentials", however I'm not find...
Richard Roberts
Do lenders get greater incentives for certain types of loans?
I spoke with a Quicken Loan lender just to get a quick estimate of what kind of price range I was looking at for my first REI (also first home purchase). The lender stated that the best route for me was an FHA loan. W...
Tinah Canda
Historic Property and an Unsuspecting New Investor
Hello BP community! My name is Tinah, a brand new real estate investor in Worcester County, MA and I ran into a few problems on my first transaction (details on a previous post). And, as if it that were not enough, a ...
Jon Robinson
Buying a Home Owners Association
I was recently going through a list of pre foreclosures and have found several that are in one particular HOA, after further research I found that this particular HOA's fees are pretty high ($500 a month) and I am gue...
David Yee
Property Management Basics
Hi. I am new to the property management space. My interactions with my property manager have been much different from my expectations. I think this gives me a good opportunity to learn more about the job to provide ...
Danny Mak
First Investment! Need Criticism and/or Support!
Hi All,I graduated university in 2017 and have been working in a big tech company for two and a half years. Real estate is something I have been learning by myself for the past year. I am trying to avoid paralysis by ...
Sandeep S.
How's this deal? (Investing first time in Houston from San Jose, California)
I have been following BP for sometime but hardly ever posted it. So you can consider me newbie on BP. However, I am not so much a newbie in RE investing.
I am primarily a buy and hold investor in SF bay area...
Justin B.
Is the REO/Rental market about to collapse?
The primary, if not only, reason there has been a brief spike in subsidized demand for housing in recent months (2012), has been the GSE/FHFA endorsed REO-To-Rental plan, and associated securitization condui...