Henri Meli
Is it ok to tell my boss @ work, that I'm heavily involved with real estate?
I have a 9-6 job and recently, my company went from cubicles to open space office set-ups. I seat pretty much next to my boss now. As I grow my business more and more, I have found myself getting calls from brokers, i...
Ruoxi Xie
New member from NYC to invest in student housing
Hey AllThis is Ruoxi. I’m a new member to the BP forum. I work as a Structural Engineer/Project Manager in NYC. You could say I know a thing or two about real estate but being a landlord on the side is definitely a di...
Parth Patel
$2,000,000 Tax Burden at age 26! Please help!
Hi all,I’m currently in a situation where I’ve got a Tax Burden of approximately $2 million. I need to reduce this with real estate investments before the end of the year. What can I do?I’ve been trying to develop a g...
Autumn G.
Expectation of 20% CoC for STR and Turnkey: Should I walk?
I’m under contract to buy my first STR, and the house didn’t appraise. The seller has dropped the price to $1500 over appraisal, so at this point we can accept or walk. They’re selling the house fully furnis...
Jack B.
Sell in February or wait until May/August?
Trulia claims that August is the best time to sell my house based on their charts. Zillow claims May. I sold one house in February of last year for 15% over asking the first day on the market. It's a primary residence...
Denzel Faulken
Do you need a pickup truck for a first rental property
Hello everyone,So me and my wife have 2 older cars both paid off. We were thinking about getting a rental property but also was thinking to upgrade to a pick up truck. We were doing some pricing in about the 30-35 ran...
Logan French
Where to Purchase First Rental Property
Hello,My wife and I just moved to Boston, MA and we are looking to start investing in real estate soon. From what I have been told so far, it seems like it difficult for new investors with limited starting capital to ...
Alex Pyatetsky
Convince Me Not to Invest in Austin (Aka. Scrub My Thesis)
Quick Background
I'm a first time investor that fell in love with Austin, ironically, by getting quarantined there for 1/2 of 2020. I was well aware of the growth over the past 10 years, but when Joe Rogan + the enti...
Mitchell Jaworski
Why all the hate on 8 - percent that is.
Hello fellow BPers. I've noticed alot of posts where people don't consider an 8% return to be worth a deal or feel it is taking on too much risk for an 8% return. Whether it's investing in a turnkey property or a r...
Dennis Gallof
Possible to Convert Illegal Cellar to Legal Apartment?
Hi,
My
father purchased this 2-family house (R5 Zone) back in 1976 in Astoria Queens,
and just like many other landlords in NYC he rents out the
cellar/basement.
I've been reading
online the definition betwe...