First deal investor here. I have found many REO listings I like but by the time I get to see them all and make an assessment, they are gone. I have an 800 FICO and I have been researching real estate in my area fo...

Does anyone have any experience is vacation rentals? I'm just north of Charlotte, NC and have played with the idea of mountain cabin rentals and ocean front rentals. Good investment/bad investment? Upsides? Struggles?...

I'm buying my first rental property this year, and unfortunately, it will be far from where I live because real estate is way over priced in my area. I will be visiting the area about 2x a year for business until I mo...

Looking to help from the BP community in figuring out how much of a security deposit I should hold back. I had tenants move out of a small studio apartment I have about 3 weeks ago. When I went to get the keys the apa...

Goal: Generate at least $2,500 net per month outside of my job and my wife's job.Current Location: I live in a suburb or Portland, Oregon, where SFRs and small multiplexes are currently going for around $300k. (Of cou...

I was impressed with my sales ability when the candidates for renting my property volunteered to pay 12 months in advance.
Then I was scared when my broker said its a BIG red flag cuz they might want to turn the hous...

Would you guys agree that :1. North Boylan, Eastside of Warehouse District, Battery Heights, and Quarry Hill are the worst parts in Releigh ? Should 27610 and 27601 zip code be avoided in Releigh?2. is the 27514 the w...

Although I'm not a big fan of using the Capitalization (Cap) Rate to analyze a property, it is a number used by many investors as a quick one-dimensional metric.  It is also one that is more commonly used in the comme...

Hello BP Members,I hope everyone is staying safe, healthy and sane in these crazy times.  I am currently under contract on a vacation rental in the Smoky Mountains (approx. 10 min from Pigeon Forge), with a closing da...

So we've spent the last 7 months looking at deals daily.  We have run the calculator on this site to the point I don't even need to think to put in the numbers...but literally nothing has panned out.  5 cities, 600+ p...