Hello everyone! Happy to finally be on Bigger Pockets publicly. I'm a long time lurker, you could say. Why I'm here:I've been passively interested in real estate investing for some time now and have finally hit a poin...

I'm interested in working judgements in California but when I was using public records to find them I thought of something. I was looking at the Abstract of Judgement when I realized that the Abstract would show up as...

I am going through the numbers on possibilities of getting a down pmt to be able to get into investing.  One option I am exploring is to refinance our current house, rent it, and use my refinance cash to buy 2 houses ...

Hello!I'm working on a real estate investment project for a class I'm taking and I'm having a little bit of trouble fully understanding the equity distribution calculations (pref and hurdles). When you are calculating...

Hi all, The HML I've used for a number of deals holds the title to the properties that I flip w/ their financing.  When I sell the property, they cut me a check equal to my profit on the deal. This is fine. I would li...

Hello,
long time follower/reader and first time post'er. My wife and I are diving into the real estate game and currently own two single family homes that were financed with VA loans (we are both military). We want t...

Hello community, we are new to real estate investment. Have only owned this house in Texas for a year, and our tree fell (split in half, half on the roof, half in the street). Our property management company needed to...

Hello BP family, I have a remodeling company. In 2010 I created a partnership with an investor. The investor has 95% of the business because he provided the majority of cash. I invested a smaller amount, manage the co...

I recently purchased a multi tenant business office building. One tenant who has been there for 15 years emailed me stating that his carpets are worn down, always look dirty, and have some areas of balding. He wants m...

So I'm a freshly minted real estate associate, planning my strategy for interviewing brokers.  Over the last few hours, I've put together a list of questions that I would like to ask each potential broker, and I would...