Arley Collado
Looking to buy and hold real estate. Help a newbie out? :)
Greetings all! Long story short: I'm highly interested in pursuing the buy and hold route as a real estate investor, however, trying to buy in my own backyard (Orange County, CA) is a bit of a challenge due to the ins...
Jason Howell
ARV slows down deal analysis... right?
I'm in the midst of @Brandon Turner's 90 day challenge where I have committed to analyzing at least one property every day for 90 days. So far, I've really learned a lot about the many facets of deal analysis and in p...
Ava Miller
When will the Raleigh-Durham market cool down?
Like all of us, I'm looking at investment properties around the Triangle (mainly SFHs that meet .70% rule, mainly for equity). I'm starting to expand my search because of how "hot" the market is.When does everyone thi...
Russell Gronsky
Basing CAP rate off projected income
Hey all,
So I was looking at a 10-unit multi-family property the other day online and it was advertising an 8 CAP. But when I ran the numbers, the CAP rate I got was closer to 6. When I asked the broker where the 8 CA...
James Homes
Help - Can't Sell - Am I missing something?
I have a mobile home in a 55+ community in a great location only 8 minutes to the beach.
It is an older mobile but that is only the frame. Being a master carpenter when we purchased the home I completely gutted it to...
Roc Pilon
Appraisal Inaccurately reported? Has it ever happened to you?
I just purchased a single family home in the downtown area of where I live. I purchased it because when I drove by and spoke with the realtor the cost for what was being sold seemed so crazily low I had my offer in th...
Stewart McMillan
Badmouthing tenant's attorney. Are there consequences?
I'm in the middle of a dispute with some tenants. The building's manager, whom I've known and worked with for 7 years, says that these tenants seem nice/normal and she hasn't had any problems with them.Unfortunately t...
Jay Hinrichs
Code of ethics for hard money and private lenders
Here are a few list of ethics a good Hardmoney lender will follow and borrower to be cognizant about. 1. Do not Bait and Switch IE you see the 100% LTV 5% rates which we know don't exist. Don't advertise what you ar...
Hari Mann
Finding Investor Partners - My current ONE Thing (...and my biggest frustration)
Post title is inspired by a book I read by by Gary W. Keller and Jay Papasan. I love educational books like this and a bunch of others that really give me energy to tackle my goals and hustle hard towards my big why (...
Andrew Jones
Looking for some Opinions on Education
I was wondering what the BP community thinks about these types of certifications: Mortgage BrokerSpecialized Mortgage BrokerCommercial Real Estate BrokerResidential Real Estate BrokerThe fastest each schooling can be ...