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My husband and I currently own 2 rental properties and want to add more to our portfolio. I am working towards turning real estate investing into my full time job. However, I'm having trouble understanding how to fund...
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I have an opportunity to invest in a private money deal for a fix and flip with a 15% return, however, I was told that CA usury laws only allow 10% returns for private lenders. Does anyone have an insight on this?
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Hey everyone was wondering if anyone has every tried mailing hand written letters as an elevator pitch to potential private investors. I'm from a small town where everyone knows everyone, I work for the local sheri...
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I'm planning on purchasing an investment property in the range of 30K-50K, instead of using my capital looking to borrow from a private money lender. This private money lender is an investor with many properties and i...
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I am looking to try and get into Real Estate Investing. I want to Buy & Hold rent out multifamily units to make passive income. How ever my credit isn't the best.I live in a duplex currently & Want to buy it f...
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I converted my primary residence to a rental property two months ago. I have 150K in equity in the home, it was appraised before I moved out to remove PMI. I was hoping to do a HELOC on the property and use the equit...
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I write little articles like this one for my monthly newsletter, but I thought I'd post them on the forums I visit as well. If you like what see and would like to recieve my newletter, then you can sign up for it on m...
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Hello BP,
For the past 4 years, I've been listening/reading a lot about real estate, especially the BRRRR method, and want to commit to put it into practice. Every time I felt that this is the time, I would always p...
Navigating tax responsibilities can be complex, and one common area of confusion is whether private lenders should send Forms 1099-INT to investors and if investors should receive Forms 1098. Let’s break down these pr...
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I bought a 1,000 unit apartment complex and raised $40 million in a month from my private investors.I get asked this question a lot: How Long Does it Take to Raise Private Money?Once I understood how to raise private ...