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Patrick P. Cash vs loan, what is most efficient for faster growth
15 July 2022 | 29 replies

I am soon going to receive a decently large cash sum (~3 Mil USD) from a company buy-out in a tech company. There are a lot of ways in my head that I have thought about investing this in real-estate. 
Is it more effi...

Bryce Renicker Negative Cash Flow on Low Money Down
12 November 2021 | 60 replies

Hello BP community. I’m looking to get into my first ever property as a live in duplex with a 3.5% down FHA here in Chicago (McKinley Park, Bridgeport, or Pilsen) The problem I am running into is that any properties I...

Seth Williams What makes someone a real estate "Guru"?
5 June 2015 | 52 replies

After hanging around these forums for about half a year now, I've noticed that the word "Guru" gets tossed around quite a bit, and (understandably) not in a good way. It's a label that tends to be used interchangeably...

J H My next question - finding distressed sellers
5 November 2018 | 25 replies

Again, without writing a novel explaining the details and reasoning behind this (should be obvious to the experts anyways) - I want to locate properties owned by distressed sellers.

Maybe they're not even selling eit...

Mattie Covatch New Roommate wanting to move in Same Day. Bad sign?
18 November 2012 | 42 replies

I had a new tenant (roommate) want to move in same day. I said a Thursday move-in is what I'm looking for. I told this person that I would send them the rental application. They said they had people that could vouch ...

Account Closed Buying Rentals With Cash
28 February 2019 | 60 replies

I am closing on my first rental on the 7th. I purchased it with cash and will also being doing the rehabs cash. By using cash the ROI numbers are coming out nice, and being in the military if I leave it gives me margi...

Joon Kim Seller asking for 100k on top of asking price for STR business
20 June 2022 | 46 replies

Looking to purchase my first property for STR and looking at an existing STR business.The seller is asking for 100k on top of the asking price for basically the right to continue using the property as a STR as well as...

Justin Silverio Security Deposit vs Last Month's Rent?
24 February 2014 | 42 replies

I'm new to landlording so please bear with me.

I'm closing on a condo in the next month and I'm not sure if I should collect last month's payment or a security deposit. The condo is in a low income area so I don't...

Saqib Raja Should I withdrawal my 401K to expand real estate portfolio
1 March 2024 | 40 replies

Withdrawing 401K entails a 20% tax cut and 10% penalty fee but I want to use it to being my real estate journey and exit my 8-5 in the next 2 years. Any thoughts if this is a good plan?

Jesse S. House hacking in Brooklyn seems impossible
18 December 2019 | 11 replies

A little background..... I live in Brooklyn with my wife and 2 kids. We love real estate but find ourselves priced out of our local market. We own two out of state SFRs that we bought turnkey and they are performing w...