What is the market standard for determining a property's Cap rate and NOI? Do you get a professional appraiser or is it just as off the cuff as it appears to be on Loopnet?Are their certain expense items you can leave...

What are the most critical questions to ask a new contractor when you are going through the vetting process? For example let's say I'm preparing to do my first flip but I do not have a specific property yet and I'm ju...

One of the great things about NNN investments is that the tenants do all their own maintenance within their units (or so I thought).  I've been managing a strip mall for almost 2 years and the tenants keep asking me t...

Hello! I am a Marine Officer Stationed at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, and living in the Sneads Ferry area. I am looking to get my feet wet in the commercial real-estate game and am interested in storage unit investi...

Can you guys and gals help me check out my CAP rate calculation and tell me if there is any thing I have forgotten?

Cap Rate is Net Operating Income divided by Property Cost or Value.

Net Operating Income=
+Revenu...

Hello folks.I own only one duplex for now but plans to grow soon. I want to include language in my lease requiring my tenants to posses an active renters insurance policy as well as indemnify and hold harmless the lan...

I just purchased my first investment as a house hack, with the intent of living there for a year or two, and I am seeking clarification on a few things relating to the accounting side of this. The property is a 3-unit...

I am a new investor and just had a property inspected today. I have two questions.1. The plumbing scope found new plumbing in the house but outside the house was rusted cast-iron that the scope was unable to continue ...

How can I find distressed properties to flip? Seems like everyone wants the one on market so its nearly impossible to secure the property. How is the real estate market in socal? Are the profit margins good for flippi...

Hi! Thank you in advance for your feedback.
I'm looking to purchase a SFH in Glendale, CA (really La Crescenta). Parts of the house were added without permits and wanted to hear any advice on 1) whether or not to get...