Jon Klaus
401K or rental portfolio?
Hypothetically, which would you rather have?A 401K worth $500,000, currently invested in index funds, but easy to convert to other securities or cash. Or10 single family homes worth $1,000,000 with $700k worth of mort...
Greg Fischer
Divorce and rental properties
Hi all. Im new to the website and figured this would be a good place to get some information on my situation.
I divorced last year and we agreed to keep our 2 rental properties 50/50 ownership. One is worth more than...
Tony Furgiuele
Free and clear vs mortgages
I have been talking to fellow investors about wether it is better to own property free and clear or have some kind of money against a property even if it is a line of credit. Tax purposes is the answer I get when I tr...
David J.
How are people getting more than 10 loans?
I find that fannie and freddie cap you at 10 loans. To get 20 homes using BRRRR there needs to be many refinance loans. How is this happening? How are folks getting around reserve funds for the next loan? Are private ...
Shari Posey
Help me choose among these tenants--all bad
Wow, the economy must really suck because for the first time ever, every applicant has major problems. We have 3 applicants all with different problems. Our rent is $1095 and tenant pays all utilities of about $130/mo...
William Glass
First Investment - Thoughts on 10 unit apartment complex
I've been actively looking for duplexes in the Fort Myers, Lehigh Acres, & Cape Coral area of FL. Price ranges for these properties are in the 130-200k range and I'd have to live in one side in order to secure the...
Jon Schoeller
Solo Roth 401k / Unique Situation
I will try to be as brief as possible about my situation but I do believe it is rather unique. What I want to do: I want to set up a Solo Roch 401k this year and have checkbook power of the account for investing in re...
Marco G.
I'm a bonehead(?): I agreed to PM suggested large rent increase
I purchased a number of adjoining properties mid last year. This unit came tenant in place on their first year lease. My first lease renewal of 2016 comes up next month and PM suggested a 9+% rent increase. I was very...
Jamie M.
Keep & Rent, or sell into a strong San Francisco market?
New to this group, thought I'd post my current situation and see if others have opinions on it... My wife and I bought our first "starter" home in San Francisco (Eureka Valley - in between Castro and Noe Valley) 4 ye...
Ashish Rizal
Passive RE investment diversification
Brand new to BP, just getting started with RE investment and am looking to invest in multifamily, duplex/triplex eventually once I have solid understanding of it. In the meantime, I would like to have some passive inv...