Joe P.
Should I refinance by duplex?
Hi all -- looking for your opinions on this. I have a duplex in NJ and my mortgage loan is a 30 year, 5.625% rate, 77,175 initial balance, opened August 2018. It's now down to about ~75,000. My principal and interest ...
John Humphries
$30,000 in a Roth IRA wanting to invest in RE. What would you do?
Hi BP SDIRA experts. I'm looking for some advice and opinions. Here's the scenario:$30,000 in a Roth IRA - I'm tired of investing in the stock market and excited about real estate investing. I'd love to use this mone...
Nancy DeSocio
Parking: to share or not to share?
Happy New Year, BP community!Hoping I can get some feedback and opinions on how to address parking in our 4-plex. For this question, it's Unit 1 and Unit 2 that are being discussed. The property has a narrow drivewa...
Ryan Luby
50/50 Partnership Structure from top to bottom
Looking for anyone to share experiences based on how they set-up and run their own partnership business.I know how I would like the business to run, but I of course get confused with the legal & accounting implica...
Andy Ramdeen
Rental properties out of state
Hey everyone , my name is Andy . I live in NYC , QueensI was looking into rental properties but I was looking at Florida properties. I was just wondering , how do you guys feel about buying a rental property in anothe...
Roy N.
Rent too low... or so I was told today.
Like many of you, I am use to potential tenants telling me the rent is high and trying to negotiate it down - with many of our international students, this exchange is just part of the process as culturally you haggle...
Dick Rosen
Property Management Strategy for 15+ unit Properties
BP Nation... I'm looking for your opinions and experience with managing 15+ unit Apartment complexes. As a property manager I manage up to 15 unit properties now and kind of drew the line right there because I felt an...
Kirk R.
Prices - Menards vs Lowes vs Home Depot
I'm a fan of Menards. They always seem to have super good deals when things go on sale. I haven't shopped HD or Lowes too much.Since I'm a veteran I get a 10% discount at HD. Then I've been buying a few HD gift ca...
Brooke Jackson
36 yr old mom with 5 young kids and 20 doors in 7 months!
I started in real estate investing 10 years ago when I bought my first duplex in Lehi Utah. At the time, Lehi will still farm county but was starting to grow. I was living in Brazil at the time and my husband and I we...
Michael Ealy
15-unit in Bad Area, Partner left, 100% Vacant (Dumb Sh^*)
A contact of mine asked me today at lunch time to check a building out and since it's near my office, I decided to drop by.
The building is 15-units, 100% vacant and the owner drove all the way from Missouri and thi...