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This is my day job, and it's been both horrifying and interesting watching our healthy capital markets gradually deteriorate into a Michael Lewis financial disaster book. Thought it might be interesting to share war ...
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Hello BP community. I'm on the verge of firing my GC and need some feedback. I don't want to make sure I am being fair and not overreacting.Background story. Bought a 5-plex we knew needed some work, floors had 5-6" d...
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I've never purchased anything other than a SFH, and I'm currently eyeing a few deals on 20-30 unit apartment buildings, which puts me into the realm of commercial lending for the first time in my life. For this scena...
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To start, I'm assuming a 4plex purchase price of $250,000, cash flow of $1k/month, an additional $1k/mo from personal income, and ~$14k starting funds. This would be the first purchase and bought using a VA loan @ 3.7...
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Hello everyone!My name is Richard Bohl, I am currently 22, although I will be turning 23 on Monday. I currently reside in East Meadow on Long Island. I became interested in real estate after looking into apartments or...
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I will soon be selling my rental condo in downtown Tampa and I should walk away with $500k. I would like recommendations as where i should go to invest it. I want to be out of Florida as I live there and have other pr...
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I have an interested lessee to do a lease with option to buy agreement. We ran a background check with a tenant screening website on both the husband and wife. The both have credit scores between 520 and 550. Their in...
I’m always looking for the right solution to that old question “How Do I make money in real estate.” I will focus on How To Buy Properties because I believe you make money when you buy. What you do with the property a...
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What other kind of income can I deduct with Rental Real Estate losses?If lets say I have $50,000 paper losses from my real estate can I use it to deduct short term capital gain? What about other types of "passive inco...
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I've been listening to a lot of BP Podcasts and heard ads of this crowdfunding website. I recently invested a couple of thousand with them. The return looks good, however, I heard someone said the redemption process i...