Matthew Cope
Insurance Rate Increase by 20%
I recently read a local business journal article that predicted insurance was going to go up by approximately 20%. The main reason was under insured properties due to property values continuing to climb along with an ...
Roy Mitle
confused about depreciation
For example: you buy a rental property for $100k.$40k attributable to land and $60k to building.You sell it 5 years later for $150k.You'll need to take $2,182/year for depreciation (see MARCS 27.5y table), so that's $...
Ivan A. Luciano
Cigarette smell in my rental!
Hey everyone! I have a tenant set to move in three days, luckily I was able to get in early to get maintenance an repairs going in prep for the next tenant. However, my visit last week revealed massive amounts of ciga...
John Collins
24 with 100k on hand looking to invest in Sacramento area (Folsom
I’m a 24 year old living in Folsom at my parents house. Because of this I have a monthly savings Tate of 85% on an 80k salary. I plan to live at my parents house for another year or two.I now have 100k on hand and was...
Ally H.
Need Advice on How to Improve Curb Appeal (Pictures Included)
Aloha! We're considering transitioning our primary home into a rental and need advice/ideas on how to improve our (older) home's curb appeal. We're not looking into turning it into prime flipping condition, but we wan...
Jerry Akop
Condo upstairs noise
I have a Condo located in Los Angeles, CA and the upstairs neighbors are very loud. Every step you can hear downstairs. Hoa hired a company to come do a sound test of the floors and they failed. Test said they need t...
Eleasha Counts
Bill Barnett Fear Fighter Program
Good Morning,
I have been to a couple of training sessions with Bill Barnett. He has a fear fighter program that costs $30k to join. He guarantees that he will fund 2 deals with you cost rehab etc. I turned i...
Jeremy Stringham
Rehabs and Flips in Utah
My wife and I built our home in Utah in 2014. Bought the land for $94k built our home for $200k subbing it out ourselves and it recently appraised for $475k. We have some time now to get more involved in real estate. ...
Aaron Howard
Newbie investor buying a Tri-plex in south florida
Hi BP!
Would appreciate a little feedback from my fellow BPers! Here is the story...bought a fixer upper a couple years ago and have a nice bit of equity in it now(its my primary residence). I took out 115K w...
Neil G.
1% Buy & Rent Rule?
i forgot where on BP i read this mentioned, but is it some sort of rule?if i remember correctly, the author said something to the effect that bare minimum for return on a good rental property anywhere would be at very...