Mac Trader
<3x Income, full year up front?
Greetings all! I've been lurking and soaking in every word of information in these forums and site. It's been an invaluable resource as I seek to fill a new vacancy in my recent rental. I set the BP standards in my li...
Keith K.
Small town REI... how small is too small? And why?
Hi Folks,I've been looking at communities surrounding my area (Portland and SW Washington) and considering investing there for a buy and hold strategy. I am wondering, though, if I should be excluding any of them by ...
Chris Young
Are my tenants high maintenance or am I crazy?
My tenants moved into my SFR built in 1923 in Pasadena, CA on January 1. In the lease it states they accept the property “as-is”, but so far in the first 10 days they’ve made complaints about:-Hot Water taking too lon...
Evan Hauler
Tenant want to hire and pay for a plumber themselves
Hello, I just bought, my first ever property/home (woo), and there is an existing in the lower unit. And they have reported a slow clog in their bathtub, the thing is they offered to hire a plumber and pay for it them...
Account Closed
How do I expand my real estate empire past the first rental?
Hey everyone,
I know this is probably a total newbie kind of question, but its something that i think i would find easily but i cant seems to find a subject on it. I currently own 2 homes, one is my main resi...
Robin L.
1% Rule in Canada - is it possible?
Hello Everyone,
Hope all is well with you.
Over the past year I have been reading books, watching real estate investment videos, and the 1% rule seems like a common target a lots of investors looking for. It is basi...
Mike Tikh
Is real estate investment as simple as it seems?
It seems to me that if you find the right combination of rental income (1%+ monthly) / cash paid, it's very hard not to make money.
Example: an $80,000 property, 25% down at 4.5%, and rented at $900/month.
You inve...
Devron Goodwine
Pets or no pets.
How do you determine if you'll allows pets in your rental property? And what's the worst experience anyone has had when allowing pets in your rental property?
Steven B.
Projected vs Actual - tell your story
Long time lurker... looking to get into RE investing, and running tons of numbers and am currently in the paralysis by analysis stage. I run numbers on some properties where things look good, but then it's a minimal a...
Jake DeAtley
My First Ever Offer Was Just Accepted, Look! What Do You Think?
Hello BP Friends! My name is Jake, I have worked an 8AM-5PM, salaried job the last few years since graduating from college were I studied Economics and Political Science. I have recently caught the bug.... Over the la...