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I recently began discussing business with a friend I've seen consistently for about a year in a social setting. Turns out he has tremendous business connections and significant real estate investments. I'm horrible at...
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Hello all,This is the first time we are seeking other people's money to acquire real estate and are interested to know what legal documents we need for private money partners who want to join us as debt or equity part...
I need advice about protecting my investment. I've been working on a project for about 12 months, and I'm stuck now. I'm looking for unbiased opinions about how ownership of the LLC should be structured. I have to tel...
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Austin named the No. 1 housing market for growth and stability -
By John Egan
While the Austin housing market continues to shatter price records, a new study shows it’s the best U.S. market for growth and stabilit...
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I am active in the Indianapolis market. As a franchise owner specific to the investing world, I'm working diligently every day to locate new ways to identify properties to buy, either as wholesale transactions or to ...
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Quick question, we are in the process of purchasing a property in FL for the sole purpose of STR, I have a question on the rate we are getting from our broker, hes quoting us 5.3% with 20% down (loan 228, 0000) this ...
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Hi BP members,I will be taking on a partner in an upcoming deal and am looking for advice on how to structure the partnership where we are protected from each other.Our concerns are that we both have things we are inv...
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Curious as to what IRR you look for in a value add MF. I spent an hour or so building a model with some guestimates. Kinda curious how far off I would be. With no rehab I estimated the IRR to be 12% and w/ rehab 22%.H...
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I am a longer-term "Buy & Hold Investor" in Massachuetts and have built a reference library over the years. These books have provided me with a wealth of information which I still leverage from time to time. I c...
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First let me start out by saying I have a hard enough time remembering the truth, but wow - this was one heck of a ponzi scheme. Why am I posting this:1. This was done in 2018 - 2022, when real estate was doing very w...