Ryan Holtz
What Real Estate Markets Should I Invest In As A First Time Investor?
I am having a hard time finding anything that cash flows with a down payment from 20% - 35%. Should I be expecting to place a down payment of 40% or more? I am looking for a growing market with lots of appreciation va...
Jay Thomas
Property Tax Doubled. Help!!!!
I bought a rental property in Cook County IL mid 2017 and 2016 property taxes was around $2000. It was a foreclosure and there wasnt any homeowners exemption. The property only needed a light rehab (paint, new floorin...
Alicia Marks
QOTW: What was your Short-Term Rental homerun?
There are more than a few of us dreaming of earning passive income from the beach, but how can that beach house or unique property work for you? Check out the new BiggerPockets book by Avery Carl "Short-Term Rental, L...
Sarah Santa Cruz
Pay down mortgage faster or not
Hey BP Community,I'll be closing on my 5th single family home investment property in a few weeks. I'm in Texas, in an area where property values have continued to climb steadily since I've been investing over the past...
John Philip Eugenio
What do you think about this Strategy?
I own three houses in CA (2 San Diego and 1 Oxnard). The Oxnard house is currently tenant occupied and the tenant is possibly moving out this summer. This house is under VA Loan at 2.5% interest rate. I also have HELO...
Matt Kowske
How to divide water bill fairly
I have been told that sub-metering this building is not a possibility (without spending ALOT of money to redo the plumbing). Currently, we divide the water bill among all the units every 6 months and bill the tenants....
Torry McFall
Converting LTR to MTR: Exceeding 5 miles from Hospitals
I have several SFH rentals in the nicer area of Albuquerque. I have been considering converting them to MTR. Generally, I'm reading that MTR should be within five miles of a hospital or two, as traveling nurses repres...
Stuart Udis
Evolution of Syndications
Syndications and passive investing are frequent topics of discussion in the forums. Over lunch yesterday I was discussing with a friend how the business has evolved in recent years. The conversation began after we co...
Andy Acosta
cash on cash return for Airbnb’s
Hey BP! So we’ve heard it said depending on location and a few other variables that the typical “rule of thumb” for our cash on cash ROI on a rental property we should try to shoot for is anywhere from 8%-12%. (The “b...
Evan Manship
Investing Success Story - Newbie to Million Dollar Deals in 4 yrs
I wanted to share my personal success story with BP to fully encapsulate my experiences and hopefully motivate others that were in my position when I first started looking into real estate investing four years ago -- ...