Jon Khalil
House Hacking in Orange County, CA
Hello BP! Im having some trouble with House Hacking here in Orange County. I am currently looking for a duplex, and have been pre-approved for $250,000. However there is no Duplex for that amount of money anywhere in ...
Wendell De Guzman
The Science of Finding Real Estate Deals
Finding deals is crucial to success in the life of a real estate investor. I've never met a successful real estate investor who has not made finding deals into a repeatable system. Maybe one can get lucky finding a go...
Chase Cline
Rentals Taxed on Net Income Which Doesn't Include Mortgage?
Hi Everyone - I have 3 STRs and have gotten very serious with looking at the full financial picture on them now that we have a CPA. We just bought the last two in the last 6 months, but have had our first for almost 5...
Gerry Magrini
My Tenant Wants to Rent my Unit on Airbnb. Should I allow this?
Hi Everyone,I have a potential tenant who wants to rent one of my units for over asking, but he wants to list it on Airbnb. He was up front with me when he came to look at the apartment -- completely honest, fully tra...
Karen Margrave
Challenges of developing mobile home parks, affordable housing
With such a high demand for affordable housing in California, Oregon, and other states, has anyone tried developing a manufactured home park or anything similar? What are the challenges with getting it approved? Is it...
Joe Banks
Exceptions to the 1% Rule in Austin?
Hello, I've been searching rental properties in Austin for the past 2 weeks and did not find anything that passes the 1% rule or has a cap rate over 7%. It's more like half of that.If you were to find a property with ...
Jay Oliver
How Far off in my Thinking am I? :)
What an interesting, informative and exciting site! I have been lurking and learning here for weeks now. Thank you to all of you who share your expertise, experience and wisdom.
I have been actively looking for my ...
Gary Ramirez
Losing in multi offer situations!
Are there any Houston area investors having trouble getting their REO offers accepted on the MLS?
Nathan Weber
Getting burned on BP?
Hi,Firstly I'd like to thank the whole BP community for making a place with such great resources for RE rookies and vets.But I have been wondering, has anyone gotten burned by another forum member? Obviously I wouldn'...
Kim H.
What to Do with Small Three Bedroom Units
I finally got a chance to see inside the multi-family that I am purchasing in the DFW area. What I thought were 5 one bedroom units are actually 5 three bedroom units (around 900 sq. feet each) with one fairly lar...