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Hello all,
I am currently the owner of 2 duplexes, 1 conversion and 1 side-by-side. The conversion was purchased using a down payment of 20% and cash flows $525/m. The side-by-side was purchased 100% LTV (zero percen...
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Hey guys,
I am new to real estate investing but have been doing my research on how to get started. I am in my early 20s but want to get started as soon as possible. I had 2 questions which I could use some advice on...
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I just finished the book Long Distance Real Estate Investing by David Greene. I am excited and nervous to get started.Has anyone else read his book and put the principles to action? What is your experience?
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BiggerPockets! I work at BP and I'm working on building a landing page for Los Angeles. Would anyone be willing to share why you choose to invest in the city? What makes it so wonderful? Would you tell others to inves...
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Recently a perspective tenant found a loophole in my lease after it was signed. It states that the deposit will be "paid before move in" To this effect the tenant could pay the day before move in leaving me waiting we...
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Hey all! I started my REI journey in Q4 of last year and have since picked up 2 properties. They are local long term rentals with very little if any cash flow. But it got me in the game and they’re in great areas🙏Tha...
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For the more experienced wholesalers - what do you think when a seller will not provide an asking price? Do these situations ever work out in your favor? Or does that typically mean the seller is not motivated?Secon...
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I'm looking for opinions on if I should sell my rentals. I have 5 single family homes and I hate them. They are under quasi-management (long story) and largely I don't have to babysit them, but every notice of an issu...
How many of you are aware of your personal balance sheet? While, I don't worry about pennies, I do track my balance sheet.
A personal balance sheet is slightly different than a business balance sheet.
Major Elemen...
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Hi Everyone!Complete newbie here working on closing my first deal. I’m looking to fix and flip. As I’ve been evaluating deals I’m trying to follow the 70% rule. My question is how strictly I should be doing this in th...