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Portland wants to force me to accept violent crime felons.
So this is happening here: http://www.wweek.com/news/city/2018/05/08/portland...As a landlord who does her own repairs, this is terrifying to me. I'm imagining crawling under a sink to fix a leak, locked in a house ...
Steven W.
Jumping into commercial multifamily?
I am considering shifting my investment plans over to buy-and-hold commercial multifamily. I have some things that I'd like clarity on. I appreciate anyone who takes the time to read this (and especially respond). I'v...
MAR DOUDAN
What Real Estate Agents Wont Tell You and Don't Want You To Know
I’m a renter and I see the rental application process very differently than what the Agents tell you. The Agents that I have contacted, tell you to go to their website fill out an online application, pay the applicati...
Anne W.
Tenants told me he wanted to buy a house on the move-in day
New landlord here in Colorado, rented out the previous residence. Today I delivered the keys to the tenants who relocated from another state. He told me that he really liked the neighborhood and he would look for hous...
Kalen Jordan
Property managers aren't very active on BP forums
I could be wrong but it feels like in general PM companies aren't very active on BP. Also one of the biggest pain points for successful rental investing seems to be PM. It seems really weird they aren't more active.I ...
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Starting out - several questions
Hi Everyone,
I just finished reading one of the rich dad/poor dad books and I can say that I am sold on RK's ideas. I realized that working for someone else will never get me to the point I want to be at in life. I k...
Alex Heidenreich
What Metric is your "Go-To" at-a-glance analysis for deals?
I typically look for the 1% rule based on ARV and an all-in investment of less than 75% ARV. Those are the most important metrics to me. What about you?
Jim Kaufman
Over-improving electric or doing it right?
I am putting together my SOW for my first flip and want to upgrade the electric on the two story to grounded. Why? I want to put out a good product (that sells easy!) and it makes sense to me to upgrade the electr...
Jeremiah B.
Buying Site- and City-unseen
So, my wife and I have run into an investing dilemma that we'd like to ask for some help on.
What are your thoughts on buying a house where we 1) have never seen the house and 2) have never been to the city? We woul...
Jackie Lange
The Artificial Housing Recovery
Interesting articles about what's really going on
http://www.theburningplatform.com/2014/02/02/warped-distorted-manipulated-flipped-housing-market/
Looks like house flipping (buy, fix sell rehabbers) wi...