I am considering leaving the corporate world (day job) and doing real estate full time.  As part of my "plan", I am considering becoming an agent.  Obviously I would be starting from the bottom, but I feel my past exp...

Hi, I'm putting together financing and doing research for my first investment purchase. I'm in Philadelphia, my realtor told me that a 5%-6% cap rate is what most properties here see. That seems a good bit lower tha...

Wife and I plan on making 2017 the year!  Looks like we'll have about $40k we can use after leaving ourselves a 6 month emergency fund for our personal residence.  Our plan is long term real estate investing, our goal...

Hi BP community. I’ve just read an article written by Robert Kiyosaki about 3 steps to owning real estate with very little money down. A little background on myself, I am a real estate agent in MA. It is my full time ...

Is anyone using the "Pre Foreclosure" filter on the Realist section of Northstar MLS, with success?  It appears the are listed on here as "Pre-Foreclosure" AFTER the sheriff's sale and I'd like to contact them before ...

I've been hearing numbers such as $3000 to move a mobile home but would like to hear from investors that have actually done it. I have also heard about parks covering the moving cost to bring new home into the pa...

Hello everyone,I was hoping for some advice on where to begin in realistic expectations for the Sacramento area. Clearly the 2% and 50% rule are tough to find in CA and even Sacramento, so in order to not turn EVERY p...

So I've never bought a REO but there's one that's been for sale for about 3-4 months where I recently purchased a SFH rental.

The REO
Listed @ 90k
according to records this is what seller owed when foreclosed on. (...

Hi all! I am an active duty Marine who has been in for 7 years so far. Although I am a Marine, I am also an entrepreneur at heart, and I am always brainstorming how to be my own boss. One of my goals is to build up a ...

Okay, I'm tired of hearing how easy it is to BRRRR.  And the numbers people (eh hem, Brandon) are not realistic IMHO.  One example Brandon gives is $200k purchase, $40K fix, $10k soft costs,  $350K ARV.  First off, fi...