Brandon M.
Another reason you should have a property manager
backstory: bought a house in Charlotte, NC with 100% financing back in 2006, lived in it for 3+ years, became rental after that. No equity so can't sell. Property became vacant a few months ago, I now live in Clearwat...
Jarrid C.
Preparing to enter the Game- Need insight
Hello all! I am currently in the starting process of trying to get into the game. I am a newly wed and I have just transition into my profession as a school teacher. I am currently renting, not in position to buy t...
Coco Poyet
Inflated Sale Price on Reno Loan
Hi BP community - My husband and I received the latest loan estimate for a house that has a purchase price of $261k and total reno of $26k or $287k total. The lender is considering that the total due to the seller is ...
Christopher Tom
Buying a home with an ex to pass on to our children
Hello, so I've been talking with my kids mom about purchasing a home, with the intent on passing it down to our children. I'm not sure if this is a thing that people do, but I figured that I would ask. Would we just...
Mahmuda L.
Tenant eligibility regarding past eviction
My manager is asking if I (landlord) will allow prospective tenants with no eviction in past 4 years. I was thinking no evictions at all. But what's the acceptable and more common practice here? From a simple online s...
Arn Cenedella
Are you a buyer or sitting out the multifamily market?
There are certainly legitimate reasons to sit out the current multifamily market:1. Economic uncertainty with the possibility of recession2. Increasing interest rates3. Negative leverage due to cap rates lower the deb...
Rami Aweti
Irrational Decision?
Hello everyone,I'm a teacher by trade and small time investor in San Francisco. I've been looking for my next deal in the bay area, and while there have been some that might meet the 1% rule at best, I can't get my mi...
Janice Viescas
What to include in a Lease
I am going to hire a property manager for my house, and I am assuming he has a general list of what is standard. One of my concerns is smoking and having a quiet tenant. Can I say that there is to be no smoking (insid...
Dylan H.
The sky is falling, the sky is falling!
Recently, instead of bouncing around on the podcasts to different titles that caught my attention, I thought I would add some structure to my listening pattern and start going in order from the very beginning. As many...
David Lukas
Strategies for selling my LR1 lot for development
So, we bought our dream home in north Ballard (Whittier Heights) in 2014. However, we were upzoned to LR1 last year, into the Crown Hill Urban Village, along with the adjacent block. Our area of Whittier Heights predo...