Alex Ficco
OH BUT WAIT… There’s Another Way!
A Bigger Pockets member located in Austin, Texas reached out to me in the DM’s earlier this week with a well thought out question that I think a lot of people could also benefit from hearing about. I’ll do my best to ...
Darrin Carey
Borrowing Downpayment, closing costs, and earnest money
As a private lender, I'm suddenly getting a lot of requests for three things that concern me.
1. Lending the Downpayment (behind another hard money lender)2. Lending all the borrowers closing costs3. Lending funds fo...
Logan M.
Four ways I have lost money investing in mobile home parks
I want to focus this post on issues that have cost me money that were avoidable.#1 Fires, I have lost three homes to fires. Two were caused by humans. I should have insured the homes, sold them, or done something to m...
Account Closed
Mortgage Note Broker taking 2nd position lien
Looking in to rolling over my ROTH IRA into a SDIRA to invest in my first mortgage note. I am very interested in a particular broker, but wanted to ask a question here to do further due diligence as I am new to note i...
Karyn S.
Lawn Care Question for SFH
Just listed our first rental and still trying to decide how to go about lawn care. It's a single family home and the yard isn't huge. Wasn't looking to provide lawn care since it is SFH. I've been mowing all summer...
Salvatore Leonetti
Credit and how it affects buying
Hello all! So does have mediocre or bad credit affect you ability to buy properties? Unfortunately someone wrongfully filed stuff on my credit report and while I'm in the process of disputing it. It's gonna take a whi...
Jim Groves
Question for Crowdfunding Investors
There are a number of different strategies available, but two categories of portals:"Fund Model" or Marketplace (e.g. RealCrowd, Crowdstreet): These portals list an investment opportunity on behalf of a sponsor, but o...
Paul Brown
Introduction; Advise needed; LP
Hello I'm Paul. First post here. I live in the bay area and want to connect, network with and learn from members that are further on their journeys especially with regards to syndication LP strategy. I have been savin...
Jose Diaz
Hard Money thought
I had a thought today after reading some on hard money lending. I read that some HML lend up to 65-70% ARV. Could the scenario exist where 65-70% ARV is the AS-IS value of the property, actually giving you the ability...
Jonathan Greene
Why I Am Changing My Mind About How Some Real Estate Investors Should Start
I flipped my first house on my own in my early twenties. As a teenager, I managed properties that I owned a percentage of. I paid (twice) to regrade the slope of a commercial property that abutted wetlands. I learned ...