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Hello everyone!
I’m Mike Pennington and I’m working toward getting started in real estate. My wife and I are 28 years old, and we bought our house (SFH, 4br 2bth) at 21, and rented out the top floor immediately. When...
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Happy Monday BP Atlanta Community! I am new investor currently in the knowledge phase of my RE investing career. However, I do have a rental property that used to be my primary residence. I am trying to soak up as muc...
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I saw a boarded up house in a very valuable are, and its owners address is listed at the same house. When running a report at TLO, it gives me phone numbers that don't work, and there are no other previous addresses o...
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Hey Group,
How do I find the owners of vacant properties? I have more than enough to chose from in my area (Clayton County Georgia - Atlanta Metro) and all aren't foreclosures. I have located the owners at t...
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Hello to all in the BP community. My name is Ryan and I'm a new real estate investor (starting off in rental properties and getting close to finishing my first deal). I'm currently the COO of a popular eSports team kn...
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Hi BP, does anyone have a recommendation for a commercial lender especially familiar with the Indy market? I'm looking for financing options on a mid-size apartment complex.
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I have a former tenant that I am trying to track down so I can serve them papers. (Missouri landlording laws)I have their working phone number but I know they won't give me a current/work address.Any ideas on how to f...
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I was thinking about getting my license to become a loan originator. Its only 4 days worth of class time and it costs around $300.
With this I could also do loan originations for other people and charge a fee.
Do yo...
Hi everyone,
I am a finance professional in Toronto and I want to explore a career as a a real estate developer. Could anyone who has become a "self made" developer please provide some guidance on how they did it? I ...
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Please Help! How do you evaluate a contractor..i.e. Angie's list? Better Business Bureau? If they have an "A" rating under Angie's list but are not "Accredited" with the Better Business Bureau then is this considere...