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20 September 2024 | 9 replies
Hi BP'rs, I don't have a good sense of how the interest rate cut today will affect me as a new investor looking for my first deal... will it start to drive up prices of homes in areas i'm looking at as money gets cheaper or am I off base?
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22 September 2024 | 1 reply
It is currently an Excel spreadsheet (which works best for it) but can turn into Google Sheets or Apple's Numbers also (although the formatting may be thrown off with those options for the graphs).
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20 September 2024 | 18 replies
Is the State Landlord Friendly (Yes or No)12.
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20 September 2024 | 31 replies
As far as I know/heard, you will have to Hold the property for a few days with your private money or hard money or conventional lending and then try to sell it to your buyer investors.
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22 September 2024 | 7 replies
i was curious as to if anyone is using launch control, and how their pricing works. so from what i can tell it seems the texts are included in the price of the plan, is this correct or is there a per sms message cost as well?
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20 September 2024 | 15 replies
If anyone has advice or personal experiences they could share I would really appreciate it.
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20 September 2024 | 22 replies
The first quotation I received from my contractor is $90,000 ($273/sq ft), or $100,000 ($303/sq ft) if additional foundation work is required.
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20 September 2024 | 6 replies
Skiptracing is a valuable tool for real estate investors, especially when you're trying to locate property owners from returned mail or to expand your marketing efforts.
20 September 2024 | 6 replies
Is it any harder now to find a deal or is it the same as always, just a different group that learned that real estate actually does require work?
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20 September 2024 | 4 replies
You could work with a private lender or even a hard money lender, depending on what the goal and timeframe is.