Cody Macias
How can I go about making my appraisal work for me
Hi my name is Cody and I am new to real estate. The question at hand is for my brother but I am curious about it as well. Ryan Lundquist from the bp podcast ep. 7 elaborated a bit on how to make appraisals work for yo...
Brianne H.
Who's had success (or not) doing rent-to-own?
Has anyone had success with doing a rent-to-own? Or had an unsuccessful experience? How long of a term did you do? How much did they put down? How much additional rent were they paying toward the deposit? The local ma...
Kusum Chanrai
Need help winning a multi-family deal in Houston
Hello! I'm trying to buy a multi-family apartment building in Houston. I'm facing two challenges: 1) Incentives are not aligned in my favor. The deal is through Marcus and Milichap. I'm working with 1 broker from San ...
Robert Ring
ADU Times 2! How I’m turning an SFR into a Tri-Plex. Legally.
Investment Info:
Single-family residence buy & hold investment.
Purchase price: $540,000
Cash invested: $250,000
This is a unique property that has a street on both the front and back of the lot....
Derrick Ruiz
Things you must do/have before you buy a rental property (regarding the tenants)
#1 - Get copies of all leases. This may seem obvious but it is absolutely critical. Check to see if the tenant is allowed to sublet the property (This should be a hard no). Or if they can have roommates. Or pets. If t...
Carl Dieckmann
Tax sale redemption - has this happened to anyone?
Texas tax code allows for previous owners to redeem a property when sold at a tax auction, and many other states have similar laws. In Texas, the redemption period is for 180 days, or 2 years if the property was homes...
Wei Cho
First Deal: Countless mistakes = lessons learns
Investment Info:
Small multi-family (2-4 units) buy & hold investment in Los Angeles.
Purchase price: $475,000
Cash invested: $350,000
This is probably every RE investor's worst nightmare, we mad...
Jeffrey Bland
Getting offer accepted
I am trying to buy a duplex that is need of updating. I made an offer over a month ago of $90k and the list price is $129k. They countered at $128k. It has now been about 5 weeks and they haven't lowered their pric...
Patrick Catalan
#NewbieInvestor - From Sunnyvale, California
Hope all is well BP community! My name is Patrick and I’m sure like many of you at some point in your life an interest sparked that led you toward this real estate community. What I’m hoping to outline with this intro...
Nathan Gesner
I purchased my first self-storage facility - and it is glorious!
Investment Info:
Other commercial investment investment in Cody.
Purchase price: $550,000
Cash invested: $120,000
Fair Acres Affordable Storage has 150 self-storage units and three residences. The pr...