Colin Carr
Schooled in the art of landlording
As of 1pm today I had 7 showings for the property I had listed, 6 hours later I had 5 cancellations, a no show and 1 person almost a half hour late. I have a couple ideas as to why this may have been, but wanted to th...
Carmello Pronesti
Refinancing after hard money loan
I have a few questions about buying rental properties with a hard money loan and then refinancing after a three to four months with a conventional loan. Hopefully someone can share an example.
What do you do if you ar...
Daniel Ferris
Month to Month Lease
Hi BP,I am asking a question from the perspective of a tenant and looking for your expertise. I have found a good deal of info on MTM leases but none that I can locate seem to directly address my specific question.The...
Vic Delgado
First Rental, Duplex in Lakewood, OH
Hi everyone!I'm looking to purchase my first rental property via live in house hacking and renting out the other unit of a two family in Lakewood, OH. Down unit is 2/1, and the upper is 3/1. I haven't seen the propert...
Leon Lee
Buying three duplexes as a bundle
Dear BPers
If I decide to go for a deal with three duplexes sold together, should I apply for residential loan or commercial loan?
Am I right the first step is to meet portfolio loan officers in local community ban...
April Eilers
First Timers Seeking 1031 Exchange Input
Hi BP Community! We are currently doing our first 1031 exchange. We sold a property and our cash is being held by an intermediary (referred to as "1st Sale"). With the 1st Sale cash, we have purchased one property whi...
Michael Burgoy
Market uncertainty and capital gains
My wife have been living in one of our rehabbed homes in SoCal for about 8 months now as our primarily house. The house has about $450k in equity and with how crazy peaked out the market is right now we are thinking t...
Lee Perry
Best background check methods
Well I have been blessed to have the same tenants for almost 5 years now that have been the best. They are now getting ready to purchase a home so now I need go through the screening process again. I am sure things ...
Ashley T.
STR tax deductions when there’s no rental income
We bought an STR this year but we were not able to rent it at all due to some repairs that took much longer than expected. Wondering what to expect come tax time. Will we not be able to write off any of these expenses...
Andrew McElroy
Market Analysis Tools
BP Community,I am looking to invest OOS (currently reside in NJ, right outside of NYC) and was wondering what some of the best tools and resources are to analyze and research different markets? I am trying to build my...