Hello! I am currently looking to buy my first property along side my fiancé. I am a electrician with many friends in the trade so I thought a live and flip with a goal of selling within three years is a achievable goa...
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Hi everyone, I’m looking forward to learning as much as possible on BP. I currently own my primary residents in Valley Stream, NY and own a co-op in Queens that I rent out. I’m currently looking to purchase 1-2 proper...
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All over this site, there are threads dedicated to "finding deals." In order to cut back on the number of these threads to be created in the future - which are often repeats of past ones - I want to compile the most e...
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This year we started keeping metrics on everything we do as a Property Management company. While we have always done avg time on market to lease a home and vacancy rate, we are taking it a step further to segregate t...
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I am considering BRRRRing properties in lower income areas then renting them using the Section 8 (housing choice voucher) program.However,I’m having difficulty figuring out what the standard payouts are and how they w...
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We are almost complete with our first Air BnB in Charlotte and we are looking for the right way to insure the property without breaking the bank. Our insurance company has provided a quote that seems very high for th...
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Hi,I've been researching seller carry back financing for multifamily, and have talked to a few commercial lenders willing for the seller to carry the down payment for a apartments. My question is once I have a deal si...
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Hi. We have a few investment homes in Roanoke, VA for long-term rentals. When screening potential tenants, I've learned that the Zillow application doesn't show much, if anything, and the TransUnion SmartMove isn't pr...
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Hey GuysI've heard there usually isn't much value in replacing windows but I can do it for a bit less than average...Would you replace the windows in a flip with an ARV of 300K if you could replace all the windows for...
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I've found different lenders calculate DTI ratio when it comes to rental income differently.Some lenders take rental income (or a percentage thereof), subtract the mortgage amount, and then add the result to either th...