Chris Clothier
Are Appraisers Hurting Real Estate Values?
I wrote an article for the BP Blog asking a question about real estate appraisers and what role they are playing in holding down real estate values: http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2012/07/18/are-appraisers-pa...
Slim Geransar
Anyone doing or wanting to do out of state investing?
Hi, I live in NYC and obviously didn't make sense for me to invest here so I ended up buying in a state I have never visited (super scary to make that initial leap). I'm curious if there's anyone out there doing the s...
Corey Dutton
Interview with a Banker – Why Banks Still Aren’t Lending
With the exception of community banks and credit unions, most would agree that banks still aren’t lending. “Hogwash!” some of you bankers who are reading this will probably say.
As a follow up to a post I did nearly...
Liliana Ruano
Oceanpointe (and Morris Invest) Property Management Problems
Hi everyone,As mentioned before on another post, my husband and I bought a property through Morris Invest back in August 2016. Everything went smoothly, and there were no issues. The only problem that we had was a l...
Jilliene H.
Syndications
Interested in learning from the Bigger Pockets community if people are doing a lot of syndicated deals? If so, what asset classes are you investing in? Are you seeing good returns through syndications?
Any common p...
Monique Rene Coates
What Would YOU DO had POF but no DOWN ?
If you had POF for up to $500k but NO down payment funding from any sources = IRA, Family, Bank Loans, Credit or Income . . . What would YOU DO to purchase a BUY & HOLD commercial 10 - 12 unit investment property ...
Brendan M Brown
Starting out; Disgruntled
Hey all. I recently heard of someone who has acquired a lot of property recently. Some main st village type property, mixed use with store fronts etc. I heard through the grape fine that he had recently started “scoop...
Karen M.
What are some options for funding a rehab project?
Dear BP friends --I am thinking of buying a property for cash. However, I am concerned about using up all of my non-retirment money on a property deal. It's just scary. We obviously need to have an emergency fund f...
Joe Kim
Out of state investing- SCAM! False promise land of cash flow.
BEFORE I say anything. I want to be clear I am totally bullish on real estate investing. But I want to warn people that it is not what you think it is. And share my own journey over the last 3 years.Ok. Out of sta...
David Beard
Turnkey sellers - why are expenses ignored?
It seems that turnkey sellers are sprouting like mushrooms, not unexpected giving all the distressed inventory being snapped up.
Current practice by the largest turnkey sellers strikes me as questionable. Here are a...