Ellie Perlman
Understand the Differences Between CoC, IRR and Avg Annual Return
For commercial real estate investors, syndicators and others involved in the field, investment terminology can appear to be an alphabet soup of mysterious acronyms. There are three in particular that are related to th...
Robert Anderson
Trying to find out about doing out of state deal cash.
Hi BP members, I have someone who wants to sell me a house in Indiana. I live in Boston. I looked it up on Google earth, and also spoke with the agent who had it listed about 18 months ago. He said it’s a decent house...
Chris Seveney
What states do you avoid as a note investor
I am curious to hear what states other investors avoid and the reason behind it. These are the top 5 I stay away from:1. New York - lengthy and costly foreclosure2 New Jersey - lengthy and costly foreclosure3. Georgia...
Ryan Toth
automotive "self" storage
Hi BP,I'm a big car guy and have thought for a long time about opening up a self storage facility with an automotive niche. Recently while discussing cars with another gent, he mentioned he has 4 acres sitting dormant...
Jeff J.
Getting rid of smoke smell in a carpet?
We just turned an apartment previously occupied by a heavy smoker. We primed and repainted the whole place and washed the carpet (tide and bleach) but there is still a smoke smell probably from the carpet (and maybe ...
Lara Fobian
Accept bad tenant roommates if one tenant is excellent?
(If you prefer to skip the details, I've underlined the key points below) ... One of our tenants (“Tenant Alpha”) wants to renew his Texas lease for a second year and move his two adult brothers in to replace his (now...
Jenn Liu
Buying First Rental in Charlotte, NC
I want to purchase my first rental property in Charlotte, North Carolina. Does anyone have experience?
Christopher Stanis
Mobile Home Parks with Private water/sewer
Hey BP community, This is for my fellow mobile home park investors out there. I'm looking into buying my second park, what's different on this is that it has private water and sewer. Have you had either good or bad ex...
Daniel Lozowy
Looking for signs of distress
Hello BP experts,
Besides the obvious. What are some telltale signs that an apartment building is in distress? What are some things that an experienced will spot but that a newbie will miss?
Chris Heppner
To use a property management company or not?
Hello, I'm wondering if I should use a property management company or not? I'm mainly interested in the aspect of how to acquire and market to tenants. I have the capability to handle the application processes, evict...