Todd Ryan
renovating sfr into multifamily
hi my name is Todd. I am new to the site. This is my first post. I have been listening to the podcasts and reading the books for 3 months or so and studying my local market. I am committed to buying a small multifamil...
Stephen Marshall
Investing in Real Estate without Being a Landlord
Okay, if you are reading this post, you’ve more than likely thought about investing in real estate.I’ll even go one further, I bet most of you still haven’t made your first investment.Maybe the idea of buying a fixer-...
Julie A.
DOs and DON'Ts of long distance rental investing
The financials of buying rentals don't tend to work out in California (San Jose area). I think long distance investing is my best bet. If you disagree with this, please chime in and tell me why. :)If you're a long dis...
Mitch Stephen
"Owner Financing & Regulation"
It seems the longer we live the more regulation we see. It's true in everything and real estate is no exception; Dodd-Frank, S.A.F.E. Act, Finance Reform Act, Your State's Property Code, Truth In Lending, R.E.S.P.A...
Stephen Burke
Creative financing for triplex from my parents in Texas
My parents own a triplex here in Texas worth about 120k, it needs some capex and rent hikes. Conservatively, rent with little improvements and repairs will be 2200$ in this market and higher with upgrades. I am in th...
Matthew Rembish
Marketing for Leads: Direct Mail or SEO?
Being a full time Flipper from NJ, I’ve been getting very frustrated with the MLS lately. Even with having some of the best agents in my area, I haven’t even come close to landing a deal in over 2 months, and I’ve com...
Eikichi Takuya
Why not just write an option contract instead of using escape clauses?
I spoke with a lawyer in regards to the idea of "wholesaling" properties and his take was to just write an option contract outright rather than create what is essentially an option contract by including an escape clau...
Adolph Bellamy
I want to start investing but how do I start?
Hey guys. My name is Andrew, Ive been a member of BiggerPockets for a few years now, and Ive "tried" to start investing in Real Estate several times. I never put my best foot forward though, and never actually CONTIN...
Francis Van Steen
Hot market and a great SFH opportunity need strategy advice.
I am currently renting a 3 bedroom 1.5 bathroom house in the Silicon valley from my father in law for about 60% of the market rent for similar properties in the area. My father in law does not want to be in the landlo...
Angel-Ty L.
Facebook's Recent News Feed Policy Changes, Could It Affect You?
First off, I'd like to state I am actually in favor of this change. With nearly 6 million advertisers on Fakebook's ad platform, the news feed has become full and as a result, it has now become a battleground for ad c...