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I am a first time home buyer. I do not want to buy a house for myself. I want to buy a house to start building a rental portfolio. This would be a side endeavor for me, and I am simply considering this for a small sid...
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So in my first year of investing, I've bought 8 properties from condos to sfh, to multifamilies. All are rentals. 7 are in my personal name and the eighth property is under my solely owned LLCI am literally leading my...
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I am looking for fellow STR investors to chime in here. Have you ever had that little negative voice tell you what the hell are you doing? You're making a mistake, this could all crash, STR's are going to be history ...
I am in the Pacific Northwest region, is it possible to find any commercial property with this capital or should I try to go with a partner? I am a newbie looking to buy commercial real estate to generate passive inco...
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Hello,I'm a buy and hold investor from Illinois and I'm looking to invest in some multi-family units in Florida. Can be Orlando, Clearwater, or Tampa areas (or ??). Looking to make some connections and building some i...
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Today I attended my first sheriff's auction. I wasn't there to actually buy anything, I mostly just wanted to watch and get a feel for how it works when you go to one of these things. Over the course of 2 hours I st...
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Hey all -I'm doing a webinar tonight on Private Lending and I'd love to tell a couple examples of people who have used Private Lending to fund their real estate deals. So... in 200-ish words or less, how have YOU used...
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Hi BP members, this is the first time posting here. I have been reading books and listening to Podcasts daily last 6 months or so. Currently living in Illinois and looking to move out from Illinois in next 3-6 mon...
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My Mother just inherited $2M through my father's estate that she is looking to invest to create cash flow to live off of. She does not want to invest in rental properties, syndications, stocks, etc. She is completel...
If you were to restart your life at 17 already knowing you want to get into real estate investing, would you go to college with a full-ride or would you get started investing without wasting any time, and why?