Alyssa Baron
What is a Cap Rate and why is it so important?
HI BP Community!Can you help demistify Cap Rates? What is a Cap Rate? What does it tell me about the property? Why is it so important? I've read how to calculate Cap Rates, but I just don't get it...yet.Thanks in adva...
Phillip Faries
A Path to choose
Hi All, I’m new to the whole real estate game (down town Chicago). I found out that my rent was the same as a mortgage, so last year I made the switch. I purchased a fixer upper, moved in, and did the work myself. Now...
Ryan R.
Assistance analyzing a duplex in El Cerrito area of San Diego, CA
Hi All,In advance, thank you for any and all help/advice you are able to provide. My fiancee and I have an accepted offer on a duplex in San Diego, very close to San Diego State in a great neighborhood. The terms of t...
Steve Ford
How to Price Residential Property and separate connected Lot ?
Hello,I was told by several real estate agents that we cannot price our property wrong as the market will correct itself, is this true ? Meaning if we go too low, we will get higher bids. If too high, offers will be l...
Sam Leon
Seeking advice on a pedestal sink "trim board" idea
I would appreciate some input on an old 60s bathroom. It is a rental apartment and I am reworking some plumbing behind the walls.This is a picture of the bathroom. As you can see ugly teal 4" ceramic wall tiles, whi...
Justus Angan
Creative ways to raise $40k?
Tapped into my primary home equity and have a $100k HELOC. Want to secure another $40k for DP without using my reserves. Single family property with ADU. Main house and ADU has long term renters wanting to stay. $700k...
Jahan Habib
Self Directed IRA + FHA/HUD Multifamily Financing
I am looking for some advice from SD IRA and HUD/FHA Multifamily financing experts here. I am interested in a 8 unit multi-family (7 residential + 1 commercial units) in Rhode Island. I would like to set up an SD IRA ...
Mary Jay
Taxes during retirement
How to figure out what tax bracket you’ll be in during retirement? For example, let’s say a single person makes a 100K per year on W-2 right now working for a corporate world. It’s taxed at about 25-30 percent, right...
Mark Prochovs
Inmigrating to USA with 1M cash
Hey! How are you? Today I was discussing with my family about inmigrating from Argentina to United States. We are a family of 4, my 60year old dad, 49 year old mom, 12 year old brother and 20 year old me. We got tired...
Rich Weese
I'm RICH, RICH, RICH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My guess is that you had mixed thoughts when you originally read the name of this topic. I wanted to generate as much interest in it as possible and hope it will serve as kind of a warning to a lot of people here on ...