Erik D.
How to choose a loan officer?
I own an investment property outright. I want to take a line or credit out on said property. It is worth $80k. My credit score is 740. I am looking into buying a ~$70k property very soon. It will be my second inves...
John Moore
Beware of "Pleasant Renovations" and Bob Gonzalez
I just read Chad Clantons post about Bob Gonazalez in San Antonio and wanted to echo his hairy experience with Bob and give some clarification as to what was happening so that people can spot this in their own invest...
Lynn Harrison
do you think there might be a double dip after the election?
Everything seems so volatile to me- variances on shadow inventory estimates, stock market up & down, lenders backtracking on loans, possible bulk sales by the gov't., job growth vs sustainable job/wage levels etc ...
Zach Whitt
How detailed should scope of work be?
How detailed should my scope of work be when I'm walking the house with a contractor? I had two contractors put together bids on Friday, but I did a poor job of prepping beforehand. My mistake. There was a lot of "Wel...
Steven Adorno
I did my first wholesale deal…. now what?
Firstly…..Holy mother of dragons I cannot believe I did a deal.
Secondly, so…much…analysis paralysis FOR NOTHING!!!! Half the things I “worried” about never came to fruition and if I am honest with myself, they were ...
Kimberly Kim
Capital Gains Tax on New Home
Hey BP! I purchased my first SFH less than 2 years ago (May 2019), but am in the process of selling to live with my SO and to aggressively save to pay off my student loan debt from grad school. My house value has incr...
Bart Ford
Firing a real estate agent that doesn't return an email
Well, not really "firing", because they were never hired in the first place, but here's a "hypothetically hypothetical" situation and I'd like to know what others would do.I met face to face with an agent and we talke...
Ryan Dossey
Tattoos and appearance when meeting clients.
I have always heard that you "dress for success". In professional settings I normally try to dress just a little nicer then expected. I do have a forearm tattoo that I normally cover under a button up shirt when meeti...
Matthew Rutledge
Info/Help request (Maine?) - being thrown into partership and vacation rental
My father in law owns a cottage on a lake on the Maine/NH border. Due to where he is in his life, he's done with it (he's healthy enough, just getting sick of dealing with it). Before the end of 2014 it will be pass...
Matthew Gould
New Investor from Los Angeles, CA
Hi BP Community! My name's Matthew Gould. I'm a CPA from Los Angeles, CA looking to get started in real estate investing after getting inspired from some of the BP books and Gary Keller's Millionaire Real Estate Inves...