Rich Weese
Are lenders really lending????
I have a 154 unit apt under contract in Dallas. I had an approval and LOI from Wash Fed through a broker at BMC Capital. Terms were ok. I was only asking for 65% loan and got approval at 6.25 %, for first 5 years and ...
Valerie King
When to Get a Lawyer Involved
What steps in the rental property investing process, aside from the writing of the lease agreement, should a lawyer be involved in? And should their specialty be real estate investing in general, or are there lawyers ...
James Lee
Texas houses and mineral rights
Hello BP! Long time lurker first time poster, I love you all for all the things I've learned from this community over these months, but now I need your help. We are buying a first home near the Austin area of Texas, f...
Michael Sherwood
Deal Analysis I don't get it am I missing something?
fourplex with gross rents of 23,760 (10% vacancy) Total expenses: Property tax 5,592, insurance 1,200, maint and repairs 2,400, legal professional 100, auto 200,electric 360, water 960, other (includes plow and lawn) ...
Nicholas Varner
Decisiveness and Diversification
"After studying over 500 millionaires, including Andrew Carnegie, Henry Ford, and Charles M. Schwab, journalist and author Napoleon Hill found that they shared a single quality: Decisiveness," writes Kathleen Elkins o...
Levi Kruse
Service / Emotional Support Dogs
Washington state, Cowlitz CountyHello, I am new (2 days) to the landlord scene and I have a duplex with inherited tenants. One tenant has 4 small (large rat size) dogs and claims that they are emotional support/ servi...
Marky Suazo
Hindsight is 20/20: Things I wish I did better
Financial freedom. Like many of the biggerpockets members, this is the concept that first attracted me to real estate investing. I started off by searching for the top real estate investment books a newbie investor sh...
Joseph Ball
How I hire virtual assistants
How I have set up a small company, with Virtual Assistants.Here is exactly how I do it.Why do I like to work with VA’s?I enjoy the “hands-off” way this works. I assign each VA a narrow, very specific task. I don’t hav...
Adam Warchal
Firearms Lease Clause Example
Hoping to get help with finding a good, solid firearms clause to a lease. Have a tenant that’s about to begin a lease who has two handguns (works in law enforcement). Without starting from scratch, I’d love to see if ...
Andreas Mueller
Green Shoots in the Housing Market for 2024
BP Compatriots! Welcome to my weekly post on all things real estate, coming at you from Nashville, TN. Every week I bring you a brief, hopefully insightful, dive into real estate and financial markets, for all you tub...