Hi all! I am curious what are some things you wish you knew as a first time investor in real estate, and how did you start?  I am a CPA with 7 years of experience in which I specialized in real estate partnership taxa...

I know someone who will do HML quite a bit the past 5 years & then goes to a refi after 6 months - think of it as a short-term loan. He's very careful these will appraise out before he pulls the trigger. He has a ...

Aaron Mazzrillo knocked it out of the park today. I was blown away by all of the Golden Nuggets of info on Wholesaling and marketing. The nugget I got was learn rehab and then become a wholesaler. Oh and the other w...

My lender called me yesterday and said he had A deal for me. A developer he knows is starting a new development and needs some cash to build a spec home to sell future homes. The homes would sell for around $200K...

If I were interested in a particular house, and I know that the owners have stopped paying their mortgage, is there any way I could buy the first or second mortgage?

Do the national guys sell individual mortg...

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I have been somewhat of a wallflower here on Bigger Pockets (reading your Q&A's, etc) for a little over a year now - it's about time I introduced myself, right?! I apologize for being so ru...

Not you getting tested...getting the building tested!

As a Home Performance Expert I run into many situations of uncomfortable, unhealthy, and too often unsafe indoor home environments. When it comes to getti...

I am gearing up to take the 40 question state portion of the NC real estate exam & wanted to see if any licensees whom have recently taken the test can provide any insight as to the level of difficulty as well ...

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I was not investing during the market crash in 2008. I have been able to find some information on how much property values dropped in different areas of the country. I have had a harder time finding out h...

I have seen several questions and comments about the advisability of using the Checkbook IRA LLC structure. Although there are a number of firms pushing the idea we always try and point out the potential danger of do...