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I wanted to get some clarity on the legality of wholesaling in Illinois. Does obtaining a real estate agent license enough to legally wholesale, or do I need to obtain a brokers license? I plan on getting licensed and...
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I think I'm a little unsure about the best way to show a unit to prospective tenants. Do you have a rental application process with credit checks and criminal? Do you take reserve deposits or do you just have them sig...
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I agree with J Scott that there is both passive investing (buying and holding real estate for long term wealth building) and trying to build an active real estate business.
Between working as a real estate agent vs s...
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I’m from San Diego and went to school in LA. I’ll be moving to Pittsburgh late summer to start work in commercial real estate (lending). I joined BP to learn the residential side and I hope to dabble in private real e...
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Hi Guys,
I am new to this group. I have a couple rental properties and I was advised by my cpa to retitle them in my S-corp. He also wants my to have my rent paid to the S-Corp and start paying all of the bills for...
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Hi, I am wandering why our property has had no applications?We are priced the same as everyone else in the area but are the only renovated one. Why are they not following through. I have had people take applications a...
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Hi,I am new to real estate investing and need some advice. I have been driving around and taking notes of houses that are vacant/distressed. One house I found, I looked up the owner information and it was an elderly...
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Hello to everyone!On October 31st I closed on my first Duplex. It is in Fitchburg, WI. This is my detailed recollection of the buying process. For anyone who reads the whole thing I truly hope it helps you and please ...
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Hello, I am a new investor in the Minneapolis area, and I am starting to look at properties-- I'm finding most if not all of the multi unit properties I'm going to see are 100+ years old... wow! While they have underg...
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Community,By way of quick background, I'm a young non-real estate private equity professional and really believe in talking directly with people who know their stuff. My network really is limited in the house flipping...