Denise Sieg
Average percentage used on operating expenses when evaluating
Hello everyone I would like to get a sense of what percentage (5-10%) you allow for maintenance cost, cap ex & vacancy when analyzing a property I realize it’s based on property condition and other factors but let...
Richie Valadez
Addendum for guest staying 30 days?
My tenant is planning to be out of the country for a month and has asked if a friend can stay during that period to house sit. I don't have a problem with this if the guest completes a background check. The length...
Josh Atchison
401k loan for real estate.
I am going to take a loan of $25,000 out of my 401k for a house hack. My wife’s student loan is an income based repayment plan. As I pay my 401k loan back, will this in anyway help lower the loan payment?
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Having to pay back student loans in 1 year and getting a FHA loan
Is it smart for me to get a FHA loan right now when I will have to start paying back my school loans in exactly 1 year? I will owe almost $28,000 in student loans and I want to invest in a multifamily property soon (...
Joe Boggin
Rentals and write offs
I make 50k a year and my wife's makes almost 140k. Besides our primary home we don't have much to write off and we are getting murdered every year with taxes. We were going to get a couple rentals just for the writ...
Jennifer McCurrach
Getting 4th 4 family financed.
My husband and I live in a house (almost 4 years) on a 30 year mortgage. We have 2 four family buildings (purchased in '10 and '14), and we just entered a contract to buy a third 4 plex. We did 20% down on our primary...
Spencer Cornelia
How My House Hack is Opening Up Doors for Me [Part 1]
Hello BP! In September 2016, I decided to buy a condo in Las Vegas, NV. After watching a couple of BP podcast videos on YouTube, I believed that house hacking was exactly what I wanted to do with my first purchase.I...
Vance Foster
Do people actually buy when a multifamily property is overpriced?
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*This link comes directly from our calculators, based on information input by the member who posted.This triplex recently came on the market in Billings, MT. The few multifamily homes I ...
Peter Haymond
Property search tools
Hi! I'm a new investor and I was wondering what property search tools people use to evaluate properties on their computer?
I've heard of zilliows.com but it doesn't seem that accurate to me.
Do you use any other p...
Matthew Terry
Anyone in AZ buy on Roofstock.com?
Hello All,I'm interested in turn-key rentals outside of AZ to get my portfolio started and some deals under my belt. Markets like Kansas City, MO and Memphis, TN look great due to the low capital needed to get started...