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Hi all,My wife and I are buying a duplex in San Diego and house hacking. The place needs a new roof and electrical upgrades, and we're thinking of bundling that all into a solar upgrade at the same time. This will be ...
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Looking to buy my first home, in a trendy area in LA (Toluca Lake). The Condo is a great updated turn-key unit that I can live and later turn into a rental property. The issue is the HOA management recently changed ha...
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As I'm moving into bigger rehab projects, I've noticed that it's become increasingly difficult for all contractors to stay on the same page. Scopes change, things get added and deleted, and maybe one guy tracks it bu...
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Hello BP community,Not sure if this is the correct forum, but figured I would ask.I currently live in a SFH with finished basement with a separate entrance and bathroom. I want to add a small kitchen to it and rent bo...
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Hey guys!
I've been looking into the real estate side of investing for a while now, like watching youtube vids and getting input from a friend who flips houses for a living. The side of real estate i'm really interes...
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What is a good rule of thumb everyone is using to calculate expenses on smaller multi family facility’s when doing a quick back of the napkin evaluation on a property (5-20 units)? I typically use 50% of the stated gr...
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Help me please! I have the opportunity to buy a unique, rural, multifamily and commercial property… but I don’t know the things to look out for or to ask about or what to look up during my due diligence period. It’ll ...
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Just got a new rental property in Detroit. Had to spend the last month fixing it up and its all ready to go. My only question is what do I do about the utilities? I got the power and gas on but didn't bother to turn t...
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A while ago on the podcast (can't remember which episode) I remember one of the guests talking about how they were able to sub meter the water for a multi unit building by using some type of device that can read the w...
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Small mobile home park, in Ohio, with 14/14 sites occupied. Numbers show the gross at over $40,000 per year with expenses of less than $10,000/year. Purchase price is $215K.Not sure which lenders to talk to.