Chris Hill
What should I do with $2M in equity? Sell?
I'd love some advice. I purchased 14 townhomes eight years ago for $120K each, and they are now all worth $350K. Total value is $4.9M, and I owe $1.6M. My goal is monthly cash flow. I'm about roughly $11k right ...
Ryan D
Truth in Equity - HELOCs
Does anyone have experience using a HELOC to pay off a mortgage early? I just bought my first property and had never heard of such a concept until I was recently listening to the Real Estate Guys Podcast. I've been li...
Ryan Watson
newbie self directed question
I recently found out about being able to open up a self directed IRA for investing in real estate. What i am eager to know are the stipulations? Can it be my primary residence or do I have to do something else with...
Chris Meunier
To sell or not sell rental property in SF Bay Area
Hi BP! My wife and I are looking for some advice from the real estate community! My apologies if this is not the right place to ask (this is my first post). I'll start with our goal, which is to free up or access abou...
Manaswi Mishra
Analyzing Cashflow vs. Asset Appreciation in Rental Property Investment in Bay area
Hi I am a 31M living in Mountain View and am looking for a rental investment property within 50 miles of my residence. My monthly HH income is 16k USD after tax.After looking at multiple properties and calculating the...
Matt Powell
BRRRR Strategy - I don't get it.. what am I missing?
Listening to @Brandon Turner's webinar on BRRRR, and his first example looks like this:Buy house for $70,000Rehab: $30,000Closing costs: $2,500Total cost: $102,500Appraised after rehab for $141,000Refinance: 80% ($112...
Lacey S.
How to overcome my DTI problem
I have been looking to buy my first buy and hold rental for about 18 months. I have enough cash on hand for a 20-25% downpayment and a contingency fund. I have an area and investment strategy in mind but when I went t...
Adriel Irons
Taking on Mom's house
Hi BP Folks,I've been a podcast listener for some time, and have been working up the nerve to jump into investing. I live in NYC, which means that local deals (or even a primary residence) are difficult to come by. I...
Jim Froehlich
Large Developments - Key Indicators for Success (or Failure!)
Experienced developers (or underwriters) of large multi-units or commercial deals: What do you think are the most important factors when analyzing deals that are close to execution (i.e. past entitlement phase)? I'v...
James Park
Starting a flipping business vs working as a RE agent for active real estate income
I agree with J Scott that there is both passive investing (buying and holding real estate for long term wealth building) and trying to build an active real estate business.
Between working as a real estate agent vs s...