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Hello from Connecticut!I have a hate-love relationship with Connecticut. I hate the state because it's WICKED expensive to live in. I love this state because it offers over 300+ bird species that migrate through! Yes,...
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Hi Everyone!I have an investor who has been investing with me for a long time and he now wants to partner. We have an amazing track record with the investment properties he purchased through me as an agent and we are ...
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I’m getting ready to buy my first rental property within the next 2-3 months . I have 13k saved up and I intend to use an FHA loan.The multi family properties in my area are about 300,000+ for a 2/1 duplex . I found ...
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Hey everyone, Brandon suggested I post a little about my first rehab that I just started working on. So here goes! Please comment with any design/rehab ideas or on the bolded questions in the picture captions belo...
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Hello everyone,My PM charged me $290 for replacement of a cartridge on a tub faucet. Does $290 not sound like I was way over charged? I mean how expensive are parts and labor? Sometimes I think about trying to manage ...
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Hey BP! I have not posted in BP for many months, and I miss it. I really enjoy posting topics that break down our failures and troubles so that others can learn from them.Based on the title of this post...$135k Fix ...
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As a private lender, I'm suddenly getting a lot of requests for three things that concern me.
1. Lending the Downpayment (behind another hard money lender)2. Lending all the borrowers closing costs3. Lending funds fo...
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Does anyone have serious experience with using the Infinite Banking Concept or Bank on yourself concept to invest in real estate? The only people I talk to that love it are trying to sell me policies.I am having diffi...
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Everyone and their mom is doing Short Term Rentals. In fact, my mom (and dad) and I just went 50/50 on an Airbnb (my 4th). It seems like these days that EVERYONE I talk to is excited about Airbnb and STRs. Even people...
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I bought my first investment property the old-fashioned way - with a deal found on the MLS with the help of a real estate broker. We hear stories all the time, however, of users that find their deals far more creative...