David Gagne
Yellow Letter returns
I get very excited when I'm out driving for dollars and find a vacant home. I then come home,search county tax records and find the mailing address for the property I spotted is the same as the property address. How...
James G.
Is Buying a home for idiots?
Hi BP. I’ve heard a lot of real estate investors, including Grant Cardone, say that buying a home is one of the worst financial decisions you can make. What is everyone’s thoughts in this matter?
I know that house ha...
Aaron Cappelli
VA funding fee and tax deductions
I have run into an issue with my taxes. I bought my owner occupied 4 plex in OCT 2014. Therefore, the VA Funding fee (around 7000$) is all tax deductible for the tax year of 2014. The "tax professional" at H&R Blo...
Chris Jackson
Need advice with non-bank financing options - fix-and-hold
Hello all! I am about to make an offer on a REO 4-plex, hopefully for around $80K with $50K rehab work. Anyway - I was talking with Visio lending and was just wondering if there are any other good companies that wou...
Richard Nash
Lease option townhome success rate?
I have a potential townhome which may be able to get a lease option on. The owner bought it for their son and now he is moving to a bigger house. It isn't the whole townhome, It is only one unit of it (duplex). Has...
Alex Silang
"Biggest mistake" was to do out-of-state turnkey investing
So I'm in the process of looking at turnkey investing. I even made a post about it on BP but it didn't get many responses. A blogger I follow is "FIfighter". He's pretty reputable in the financial independence blogosp...
Nathan Gesner
Why you SHOULD allow animals
This is probably the best study I've found on the benefits of renting to pet owners. Too many Landlords believe pets cause too many problems and result in a loss of revenue. This study found the opposite to be true. B...
Ami Sapir
An American Nightmare
My name is Ami and I have made a pretty big mess of things. Here are some details of my life:- Sales Manager of a sales team in the IT universe earning about $85k/yr- Wife has an office job paying her $60k/yr- We owe...
Antonio Bodley
Fastest way to make money immediately
When times are hard and you need money IMMEDIATELY like right at that very moment and you have no where and no one else to turn to get that money, where do you get money to get you out of a bad situation? Wholesali...
Malik Awan
Help with financing a condo
Need help with financing a condo. I have heard they are different than SF.
I could possibly go hard money
1bed 1bath
Condo is listed for 90k
Repairs/Rehab = 10 to 12K
ARV is 135k, rent after rehab should be around...