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18 November 2017 | 2 replies
You need to take into account your long term goals, your short term goals, your resources especially finances, and your risk tolerance.
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22 November 2017 | 9 replies
Thank you, my plan is to do short term hard money financing initially to buy a few properties and wholesale to then buy a rental before I have access to my own funds.
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20 November 2017 | 11 replies
Hi @Carrie HallenslebenStrategy wise, I would recommend against "borrowing short" to "invest long."
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18 November 2017 | 2 replies
I am interested in short and long term investments as I wish to retire from my current job ( driver for UPS), within the next 5 yrs.
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1 April 2018 | 9 replies
I'm currently working on a Short Sale 3-unit that I will have available soon.
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11 December 2017 | 18 replies
I handed the loan officer a Bigger Pockets calculator report and he unexpectedly told me he would give me an unsecured short term 90 day loan for the purchase price so I could do a cash offer.
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21 November 2017 | 2 replies
To make a long story short, the managers told me a couple weeks later that he had to see my Title.
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20 November 2017 | 10 replies
@Andy W.I work with four in total --- so the short answer is yes.
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19 November 2017 | 4 replies
That leaves you $350 short to cover expenses.I would pass.
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20 November 2017 | 17 replies
The photo ID at the time of registering is still pretty light as it can be anyone for anything, but I can't see a method short of biometrics scanning that will cover all the bases.We are looking into all of this in advance.