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As I have been educating myself on REI, I wanted to know how much of a mortgage loan I could get approved for right now on my own. With one lender I was approved for $150k at 4.5%. I know it's peanuts for the CA mar...
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Greetings! New investor here.My competitive advantage is that I have some capital and am motivated to market/hustle for leads. I am interested in buy and hold investing with BRRRR. I'm missing the project management/c...
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I know the title sounds naïve, but bear with me on this one.
Does anyone have any advice on putting a house under contract that is listed on the MLS?
Should I be getting a pre-approval and making offers as an indi...
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Do I have to pay a down payment for a hard money or private money loan? Thanks
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I've been a handyman all my life. I dream of becoming a real estate investor. I would like to start with single family flips and then move on to owning rentals. I have $20k to get started in Florida. What would be the...
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Was interested in buying land/property by the beach in Philippines. Would it be a good idea to buy and hold? I have family and friends out there and they may also be interested in renting short & long term. What...
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hi big pocketers,
Just want to know how do you define your market for sure and the trends that are taking place to make reports out to attract private money into your deal?
Pretty much, How do you get t...
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Curious to know if any new investors with little money have tried the wholesaling approach to buying properties only to eventually acquire them and rent them out? Driving for dollars as they call it, to go out and fin...
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Hey BP,I'm looking for input regarding co-signing/investing with my sister-in-law who doesn't qualify for a loan due to being in law school and working part time. Since she would be homesteading the property, we would...
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Happy Holidays everyone!!In March I purchased my first income property in the Chicago, Beverly area. I had a bad experience with my first contractor and so I canceled his contract last month. I have some leads but I w...