Karen Margrave
Sunriver - Bend - La Pine OREGON - Let's plan a meetup!!
Hi everyone!! For those that don't know who I am, I am Karen Margrave. I've been a moderator on BP for several years, having become obsessed with the site in 2010 or so. I was living in Orange County CA and we were b...
Ryan Zaninovich
Is there any decent market left to still get a decent return?
Hi Everyone,My wife and I have been buy/hold investors for going on 15 years now. For most of that time you could find an okay deal as long as you did your homework and were willing to look outside your local market. ...
Dave Allen
If you magically had 100,000 to invest...
I'm in a bit of a situation
My wife and her parents are selling a duplex they own together.
My wife is trusting me to re invest into cash positive investments.
We could stand to take as much as a quarter million, a...
Dan Smucker
The best areas in to invest in SFH's from afar
I live in the Bay Area and never was able to jump in the market here - now it's insanely expensive. I need to invest in other areas outside of the Bay Area such as Dallas, Charlotte, maybe Tampa . . .Houston? I would ...
Russell Holmes
Intriguing owner finance of 8-10 acres, paintball field for now?
My wife and I are in the early stages of exploring an opportunity we've come across...I'm curious for opinions. But first a brief background: I've been a BP member for nearly a year, and just went pro (scored the 'o...
Julian Pilate-Hutcherson
What is your technique in reaching out to new realtors?
When entering a new market, what is your most reliable technique when reaching out to work with new realtors and why? I have been using Zillow's Find an Agent tool and the basic Google search but only about 40% of tho...
Leo B.
Cash + Rehab + Rent + Refi Strategy
I'm interested in using this strategy for building my portfolio of buy and hold properties. For example, purchase a SFR for 50K cash, put in 20K for rehab costs (ARV of 100K), rent it out to a tenant for cashflow an...
Cody Stone
Ideas about getting a loan against a 401k
I have recently thought about getting a loan from my 401k to buy an investment property. What I learned is I can pay a $50 fee and have 4% interest rate. The interest I pay goes directly back in to the 401k. In essenc...
Ava Yuergens
Short Term Rental Question/Concern
I am commited to buying a Short Term Rental, I have done my research and am ready! The only question/concern I have comes down to the market. I want to purchase a cabin in The Smoky Mountains, TN. The only concern I h...
Dave Meyer
How will Coronavirus change your investing plans?
Hey everyone -- we're trying to get a sense of what the BP community plans to do in the coming months, given the impact of coronavirus and the related economic ramifications. Could you please take 2 minutes to fill ou...