Edly Destine
Help: I want to buy my first 3-4 plex
I'm looking to purchase (~$600k) my first MFH using 3.5% FHA by the end of the year. Bronx, Westchester area. Any real estate investor from the NY Tristate or anywhere else Willing to help guide a newbie!? All advice ...
Marisa R.
Easiest Way to Achieve Passive Income
This topic has probably been done to death.However would like to hear from fellow investors on what has worked for youFor me its been pretty basic, just buy property that is cash flow positive from day 1, distressed p...
Jessica Melendez
Shy but eager newbie!
Hello BP, I’m Jessica!
I started listening to BP Podcast about 2 weeks ago, and I’m must say that I cannot get enough. I read Rich Dad Poor Dad yesterday (yes one day). I’m ready to start investing, like yesterday!...
John Lunias
Raise the rent or not in our duplex where we live? North Jersey
Background:
Hi,
I own and live in a two family home where I rent one of the apartments (above mine) out to a small family. The apartment is a renovated 3br, 1 bath in northern NJ with heat and hot water included. Th...
Richard Galdieri
Paid Mentorship or Go It Alone?
Hello BPeeps. There is a company in my area that's run by a couple of guys who offer a year long "paid mentorship" on house flipping. I'm a realtor and have done the equivalent of a flip but on 2 different houses a...
Ryan York
Discouraging Start to 2017
Hey all,My partner and I are staying positive and continuing to chug along, but we still haven't landed our first flip after about a year. It's getting discouraging! We're certainly not going to give up, but it'd be g...
Nathan Christensen
Saint Paul, MN Duplex analysis
Hi everyone,My girlfriend and I are planning to move to the Saint Paul, MN area in about a year and we, like many others, are hoping to house hack a duplex. However I want to analyze properties as if I was buying them...
Jose Alejandro Hernandez
Nothing seems to pass the 50% rule
Just starting out here and been reading Brandon Turner’s book on Rental Property Investing. The book gives a rule to use to quickly screen properties known as the 50% rule [(0.5*projected income/rent)- (Mortgage P an...
Whitney Rekowski
Rehab yourself or contract it out- How to analyze?
What is the best way to analyze if it is worth doing renovations yourself or if you should hire a contractor?If you choose to hire contractors, what’s the best way you’ve found and determined they are quality and reli...
Amy Ranae
How to value a multi family apartment building
Hello BP Friends!I'm looking for a 10-30 unit apartment building in my market place by pulling the tax records of buildings with this many units, then looking them up and doing some research before finding the owner a...