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With 2021 almost in the past I'm sitting here taking a break from typing out a lease/gathering related paperwork for a property I bought last month (that was part of a small portfolio). This property had been vacant; ...
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I recently had an interesting rejection from a respondent to my direct mail campaign...by far the strangest one I've received. Hope to get some creative ideas on how I can respond to the owner so I can buy her house....
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Been kicking around the idea of REI for probably a decade or so. Had some post-college debt-demons that strapped me for cash, and numerous other excuses that caused me to never give enough thought to the notion of Re...
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Hi Bigger Pockets,I've been lurking here for a couple of months, checking in occasionally to absorb the wealth of information. I felt it time to introduce myself.I'm an expat Australian (from Melbourne), having becom...
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Hey everyone,I am considered using hard money to buy fixer uppers and then convert to long-term rentals with ADUs. The goal is to rinse and repeat. Does anyone know if purchasing a property "cash" , but with hard mone...
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In terms of cash flow and security for someone approaching retirement age, is it really a good idea to get into a leveraged multi family deal using requiring a lot of time, effort and complexity?
Wouldn't simply ...
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We (my wife and I) had been looking for a partner to go in on a property, but couldn’t find one, so moved forward; we made an offer on a second home that we will also use for AirBnb short term rental when not using o...
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I've found so much contradicting information online and through the hired professionals that handle my taxes. I am hoping that someone here can provide a more reliable answer. I have a well-funded defined benefit pens...
I’ve (29M) about $250k saved up. Don’t own a home yet, but I’ve been planning to buy one for a while now. Instead of buying a single family home, I’m thinking of buying a condo outright in cash, rent it out so I can s...
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I am looking to get into house flipping as a starting off point with a long term goal of having multiple rentals and doing an occasional flip. I contact a company named “All in one real estate consultants”. Apparently...