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Excerpt from a post I made on the stock investing forum "The Motley Fool." The audience is stock investors who are equally passionate and successful in stocks as the BP community is in REI. Many of them think going al...
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I would really like to start out investing in foreclosures or pre-forclosures, and would like some advice. I think this is a really good topic.
Have you found more success on finding REO for a great price or pre-fo...
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Hello all. I am thinking of making a transition into working as a real estate agent. I already have several investment properties and I am looking for more. I am very interested in the business. I currently have a...
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Has anyone read any books that they thought to be particularly helpful? I’m pretty familiar with a lot of the bigger hitters, but would love to discover some books with less notoriety.Thanks!
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Are larger, more expensive homes hard to rent.I am concerned that anyone that would rent such a nice place could afford to purchase their own nice home, so finding a renter that would stay for a while, might be diffic...
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Hey Bigger Pockets!Once again, I'm being horrible at posting on BP and its getting harder and harder to sit down and write anything on the forums. Just know that I am investing a ton, and I post when I can.As for thi...
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Investment Info:
Single-family residence buy & hold investment in Oakland.
Purchase price: $602,500
Cash invested: $70,000
Sale price: $625,000
This is a 1914, 4bed/1.5bath SFH located in Oak...
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Hi BP friends,
My husband and I are saving up for our first property through travel work. We are willing to move anywhere in the country that has a good real estate market, and would like to live in places for a fe...