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23 January 2025 | 7 replies
Book recommendation #1: Hands Off Investor by @Brian Burke https://store.biggerpockets.com/products/the-hands-off-inves...Book recommendation #2: Lend to Live https://store.biggerpockets.com/products/lend-to-livePodcast Recommendation: PassivePockets podcast is focused on passive investing in syndications - https://passivepockets.com/podcast/Passive investing summit: PassivePockets Summit May 2-3rd in Columbus https://get.biggerpockets.com/passivepocketsevent/I make these recommendations specifically since you mentioned passive real estate investing, and syndications or hard money lending are really the two most passive ways to invest in real estate.
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24 January 2025 | 10 replies
That would have been known up front if that was the original loan product being used.
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1 February 2025 | 7 replies
I wonder why they don't make roofline sprinklers or some other product like that.
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15 January 2025 | 13 replies
It is worth noting that this is a completely different product from Sean's.
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29 January 2025 | 3 replies
This property is being acquired at $79K per unit, a sharp contrast to comparable apartments in the area selling for ~$140K per unit.
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7 February 2025 | 6 replies
If you are going to get a DSCR loan, you cannot live in the home, end of story.There's plenty of qualified LO's around here who's job it is to find the best product for you.
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5 February 2025 | 9 replies
.- Working a W2 as a firefighter, posting and consuming content- Leaving my W2 to dive deep into real estate investing and working as an agent... and still watching/posting content all while business was ok - Deleting social media apps (one have one on my phone that I use 10 minutes or less a day), diving deep into building my business and skills which have drastically increased due to pure focus and increasing my business significantly- moral of the story... focus on the things you need to do in business (dollar productive activities) and life experiences while reducing consumption will increase your success
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19 January 2025 | 21 replies
What type of properties are you looking to acquire for your fix/flips?
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23 January 2025 | 8 replies
@Paul Lucenti It is common to equate acquiring more properties to scaling and many rely on buying lower tier market/neighborhood section 8 rentals to achieve this goal.
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31 January 2025 | 5 replies
While there could be avenues to acquire real estate creatively with less cash operating real estate properly is capital intensive.