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As a young and eager investor I consider myself very blessed and fortunate to be where I am and have the people around me that I do. I currently live in San Antonio, but just finished my first year of College up in Ut...
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I was wondering if any on here have successfully used bubbles for structuring seller financed notes. The concept is to get a small balloon payment for less than the full amount of what is owed on the note to meet the...
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As an excited newbie, I have very little experience in real estate investing so at a meeting with my financial planner I asked about house hacking as a busy professional and he stated it would be a bad idea. This too...
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I have been renting a house for the past 7 years in LA and now sadly the family wants to move back in. I figured it's time to buy my own place, especially with rents so high, but timing couldn't be worse. Every home h...
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If you spend any measurable amount of time browsing the BP forums you have probably come across a thread or two that was started by a new investor who's having a heck of a time getting a Realtor to work with them in a...
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We have officially entered the "Hiney Showing" phase in the Smokies. That is, homes being offered for less than what was paid for them very recently. It's all a part of the boom/bust real estate cycle in resort are...
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Hello BP,Wondering if anyone else has had this issue before and how did you solve it. I have a tenant that has been coming by my personal residents and putting the rent in my mailbox without my knowledge.(back Story) ...
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I attended a Rich Dad “Learn To Be Rich” Academy this weekend, and while it was fresh on my head I wanted to comment on my experience.
It seems that the response across the board has been that the training is a scam,...
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Does anyone for see another housing crisis like what we had back in 2007. I heard economist Harry Dent speak on this about 3 years ago in Atlanta. He predicted a housing market crash sometime between 2016-2019. Let me...
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Ok bp family, here's the deal. I bring ambition and desire to the table, that's about it. I'm a full time single working parent of two teenagers so I have very little excess time. My budget is virtually non existent, ...