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After 30+ years being a part-time real estate investor. I finally took the plunge and have become a real estate professional. I've lived through rehabs, flips, short sales and made lots of money on buying and selling ...
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I would like to start investing into real estates by buying and renting and have few questions:1. What markets to consider? I'm thinking about Tampa, Orlando, and Charlotte. Any other markets to consider?2. Any good a...
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I was curious to get some feedback on the pros and cons of going with a realtor to represent you as the seller on a property as opposed to listing with a flat fee MLS service. Obviously there is the commission saving...
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Hey everyone! I’m new to the BP app although I’ve been following podcasts for about a year. I own a few businesses here in NJ and have built up a pretty strong cash flow and am looking to increase my cash flow and tak...
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I have a question about the option versus lease purchase.
I understand it would release option that I will set up a time frame and at the end of the timeframe I have the option of exercising the purchase of t...
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I've seen a lot of videos and I am still not sure What exactly is refinancing and How does refinancing benefits rental properties? Can somebody tell me please?
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My wife and I make a combined income of nearly 300k in our W-2 job. We don't own any property and are getting killed in taxes. Last year we paid about 60k in taxes alone. Our accountant said that buying a 4-Plex apar...
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I have a question regarding entity (LLC) formation between two partners when one of the partners is an active real estate agent.
To give you some back story, myself and my partner split all marketing costs 50...
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Curious what options people recommend.....I have a house hack 2 family I am going to sell this spring. I owe 270k and will likely sell in the 450-500 range. Large range I know, but duplexes here (Massachusetts) list f...
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Look mostly at multifamilies out here on the west coast I'm not seeing any cash flowing properties. Knowing rents in some of these markets, PMI would maybe be covered, but barely. So who is buying these properties? Wh...