Jeff Stewart
Diving right in here in northern NJ
I'm a former realtor turned poker player turned headhunter and a Canadian turned American. I moved from Vancouver to northern New Jersey three years ago after marrying my beautiful Jersey girl (whom I met in a swimmin...
Rachel Luoto
401k vs REI: time for a change?
Hey friend :)I am currently maxing out my 401k, which leaves almost nothing left to save for a down payment. This made sense: my company offered a 25% match on 100% of my contributions. However, I am now planning to l...
Ryan R.
San Diego Contractors
Hi all,
After months of lurking, reading, and researching, my fiancée and I finally have an accepted offer on a triplex. We are going FHA with a 203k loan. The property has had a recent renovation on two of the units...
Michael Ealy
Joint Venture & How to Buy More Apartments - Actual Experience
As I mentioned in a separate post, I have no problem with deal flow. I have established a reputation and track record as a successful apartment owner-operator and brokers know if I make an offer, it's as good as done....
Curtis Roth
Advice for a 18 year old
I am 18 years old and graduating high school in a few weeks. I’m going to community college and plan to transfer into a 4 year school and get a bachelors degree in finance. I’ve worked as much as possible in the past ...
Adam Collopy
Is there any benefits to paying your spouse a salary under your own LLC?
I just created an LLC for my rental property, so this is all new to me. Is there any reason to pay a salary to my spouse? If I pay her, to make this simple let's say $2k a month, she'll pay taxes on that which means...
Jack B.
Who here pulled the trigger and retired?
Why did you decide to retire at that point?What kind of cash flow did you have?What kind of equity did you have?Did you relocate to a lower cost of living area to do it?Did you move into a house hack situation to reti...
Renzo Roffmann
What would you do?
Hello everyone! I just found out about BP through a search online a while back but I haven't been activate for a couple of years here. A little bit about my experience in Real Estate… I started a couple years ago doin...
Ludmila M.
What are your startup and operating costs?
Hi everyone,First, thank you to everyone for making this forum such a useful resource. This is my first post, but I was using BP for a while and learned a lot from all of you. About myself. I am starting my business o...
Colton Bridges
How to refi out of hard money loan/multi unit
I recently bought a duplex that I plan to convert to a fourplex. I used a hard money loan to purchase this off market deal.I rehabbed the upper two units within two and a half weeks and have a renter already lined up ...