John Blackrock
Purchasing in San Diego 4 working parents preparing 4 retirement
Hi BP community! My parents have not saved enough for retirement and are currently renting. To help them out I'm thinking of purchasing a 2br2ba or 3br2ba REI with 25% down. The max purchase price is around $400k to k...
Corey Kenney
Licensing and Inspections, Crack Houses, Pre-Fabricated Homes
Properties in some parts of Philadelphia Pennsylvania and even properties in Camden New Jersey are dirt cheap. Most are boarded up run down, excuse the term “Crack Houses”. Can I just knock them down and put a pre fa...
Michael Caril
Buying a house with my girlfriend
My girlfriend and I live together and instead of renting another place I have been looking for a home to buy. I found one that we both like and I can afford on my own.
I am planning on purchasing the house myself an...
Wilson Liu
Form LLC First or Later
Hi BP community,
So a partner and I are looking for our first deal but had a question around how we should proceed. We have the funds to offer cash without any loans but would like to then refinance to pull out cash...
Stephen Underhill
first property questions and FHA changes
hello everyone,
first off, thank you for taking a minute to read my post and i appreciate any suggestions you choose to offer. This is my first actual post to BP! so to start off and briefly describe my situa...
William H.
Trying to figure out my best move
First post after reading a lot of topics, and figured id ask for some advise. I got interested in real estate investing from the start after purchasing my first home in 2008. It was a foreclosure in the area that i gr...
Tom Lipps
Cincinnati, OH New Landlord Questions
Hi BP Community!This is my first post, so please bear with me!I've been listening to the BP podcast, reading the guides, and their recommended books for the past 6 months or so. I have a 10 year goal of purchasing 10 ...
Stephen Igbeka
Buy and hold duplex triplex quadplex in MA
I live in Mass, the cost of living is ridiculous since its in the New England north shore area. Anyone know locations in MA or surrounding states where under 100000k properties is a reality with decent cashflow?
Laurie Clarkston
Tax advantages for owning rentals
Is there any good place to calculate the specific tax advantage to owning a rental? For example: When I purchase a rental, how much money will that save me this year on my taxes? Besides quickbooks or talking to my...
Thomas Kareeparampil
Let’s Make a Deal - Blog Post
How many of you enjoy sitting down to an episode of Flip Or Flop, or Fixer Upper, and think, it would be neat if I could make a deal like that and come away with a big payday. While real-life house flipping isn't as e...