Ashley Guerra
Help on my game plan
Hello everyone,I am 23 and looking to get into my first real estate deal this year. Why? I figured if the numbers make sense (i will get to those in a minute) and i can afford the house worst comes to worst, meaning n...
Wade Sikkink
Just closed on 14 plex
Hi BP Nation,
We've just recently jumped back into REI. We had previously owned a 4 plex, which was a overall good experience, so we were looking to move up to something bigger. We found a 14 plex that was ...
Eric Chase
Multiple, simultaneous options for Self-Directed IRA accounts?
Greetings BP gang!I only discovered SD-IRAs recently and I'm trying to get smart on their potential. My wife and I each have about $57K in our respective Roth IRAs. We're interested in pulling all these funds and usin...
Denis Clijsters
Foreign Mortgage on a RE portfolio for a US loan
Hi Everyone,First of all, I'm relatively new on BP and have been passively following posts on this forum, excuses if the question I pose has been addressed earlier already.I'm in the process to start an LLC, which is ...
Rachelle Gonzalez
HML Gap Funding Advice
I am considering an investment opportunity in which I would act as the Gap Fund lender and am looking for advice as this is a new territory for me. The borrower is looking to purchase a residential property (flip) us...
John Thedford
How Much Security Deposit Is "Enough"? One Month? More?
After having recently being burned by a tenant that didn't pay the last months rent I decided to raise my security deposits. Previously, I was charging one months rent amount. Now I am charging about $500-$600 over th...
Jack Smith
Questions about Conventional Loans
Hi all,I just finished reading Brandon's book on rental property investing (Awesome book btw).I'm pretty new to this whole real estate investing thing and was wondering if anyone would be able to help answer a few que...
Max Briggs
If/When to Sell a Solidly Cash Flowing Property
Hello,I am a fairly new real estate investor in the Cleveland area. Last year I purchased two properties that are performing well, providing roughly 18% CoC return, which I consider to be pretty solid for my first tw...
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New from Santa Cruz, CA ...moving to San Francisco
Hello,
I just discovered this site today and found it to be very insightful. I'm a new investor and am very enthusiastic about meeting lots of people on this site.
I just attended the Real Estate Wealth Expo in ...
Dana A.
Commercial RE vs Residential
Waiting to hear back from the state (CA) to take my exam. Although residential seems to be the direction most people take, I am intrigued by commercial and wonder if I’d like that area of real estate better. Any input...