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Ok, so as the day approaches where I take all my research and finally start making offers, I have been putting together my team for my BRRRR goals. Everyone is at the starting line except my investment-friendly agent....
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What are the medium and long term effects of the pandemic on the note business?My thoughts:Our business is not going away. There were lots of reasons this was a good business before and there will be for the future. D...
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It’s tax season! Yay! Can we detect sarcasm when it’s typed out? Since April is fast approaching that means many of us will need to file our Federal Tax Returns. Even if you are filing an extension I have tried to...
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Hello everyone, I am interested in wholesaling at this moment and want to learn as much as possible. There's tons of information out there and I would like to take in as much knowledge as people are willing to share s...
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There is a lot of debate about staying local vs. investing out of town. What factors do you consider when deciding what market to invest in? What do you think makes a great market?
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Anyone else feel like we are due for a little downside? It's inevitably going to happen again...history always repeats itself....just a matter of when???? Then it's buy buy buy
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Currently I use Self Directed IRA custodians (Pensco and others) to be able to use my IRA funds for investment in Secured Notes. At times it becomes a time consuming effort to deploy funds to a deal.
I am s...
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Does anyone know whether there is already an article somewhere on BP about how to become a private lender? I have some cash that I want to put to work, but I do not know how to start out as a private lender, what t...
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Hey guys,
How do you go about getting seller financing? Do you just ask the seller if they are familiar to the topic and then give them more information?
In addition, what if the seller uses an agent? Do you just p...
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I know cash is KING but I was hoping from some clarification in the whole aspect of not flipping but buying property and renting it out. I keep hearing this 50% rule and what not, but just want to see if anyone has an...