David Fitch
My First Turnkey - Elite Invest, Chicago
I got a lot of value from Michael L's ongoing post about his experience with Elite in Chicago, so I thought I'd replicate that for others. https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/223/topics/16...I live in Southern Califo...
Corey Dutton
What Are the Biggest Risks of Trust Deed Investing?
A loan made to an individual or a business can be secured by real estate or real property. This is also called real estate lending, or trust deed investing. A trust deed is recorded, putting a lien on the Title to the...
Alan Pederson
The last laugh. My 2 cents about investing.
My day job is for a paper company. I'm a salaried manager and I've been working here for 33 years. A few years ago me and my wife started buying rental property so we could retire a few years earlier than we normally ...
Pete Storseth
Cant get approved for house hack
So I'm trying to start my real estate portfolio with house hacking, refinancing, and cash out pays for the next down payment. My credit is 711, and my debt is low, BUT I only make 23k a year. Ew.So I go to banks toda...
Alexander Merritt
Quantity vs Quality Rentals
Hello BP!When first starting out using a Buy and Hold strategy and with limited capital, do you think it's better to purchase a bunch of lower priced properties in lower quality / depressed areas or spend a little bit...
Rob Bianco
Long Distance Investing as a Beginner
I'm living in NYC but I'm highly interested in investing in rental properties that would provide the best cash-flow out of market. I've been reading a lot about Raleigh, Columbus, and Milwaukee. I'm wondering if I'm b...
Kusum Chanrai
Advice for an investor wanting to invest $2MM in MF in 2018
Hi everyone! I'd love some advice. I have $2.2 m to invest on property in the US this year. We just had twins so I need to restrict my travel. I'm based in San Francisco, and so investing locally is out. I initially w...
Scott Trench
How Important is Your Credit Score?
I've noticed that a lot of people on the site come on and ask about how they can get started investing with a poor credit score and if that score even matters in real estate.I'd argue that it does. I think it makes o...
Juan Diaz
Why Building/Developing is Better Than Flipping These Days
Just thought I’d share some of my experiences with you all in the San Francisco market. The big, HUGE take-away that I’m getting from my experience over the last year and a half is that there is absolutely no money in...
Mustafa Shaikh
RAD Diversified Review — It Wasn't Pretty
I read about RAD through BP and I wanted to leave my review of them for other to be better informed before investing with them. Their salesman (Gregg Poirier) was very easy to get in contact when I was considering inv...