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This is my day job, and it's been both horrifying and interesting watching our healthy capital markets gradually deteriorate into a Michael Lewis financial disaster book. Thought it might be interesting to share war ...
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Hey Everyone,I have been actively on the house search for just over 2 months now. We've made 10 offers on flip properties, but have been beat out by higher bidders each time. One good thing: my wife and I are being ve...
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Hello!! My husband and I decided to get into real estate investing and pulled out 100k to start the journey. I don't know much but just started listening to every podcast I can and it seems I might have picked the wor...
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Hey guys, I've been contemplating this when I see it but what do YOU mean when you say you're looking for an investor friendly agent? In my experience working with investors they usually mean they want discount agents...
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So, I have been a sleeper on Bigger Pockets Forum, but have been very active since first finding the podcast. I'm a big fan of audiobooks and learning while on the road. I typically drive about 55,000 miles a year. ...
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I have an interesting success story to share.A number of years ago, I posted about a 20 room motel in Central Florida that was a bank foreclosure listed for sale for $160,000. I ended up winning the property for $180,...
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Has anyone purchased a tax lien from a tax sale in any of these three states (Colorado, Wyoming and Montana ) ? I see they are all tax lien states. I was reading about WY and the process they use; the computer randoml...
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I'm trying to understand how tax sales work in Texas to see if it's something I want to pursue further. I'll appreciate corrections or confirmations on the things I think I know and answers to the things I don't.I und...
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I was listening to a webinar about overages that areunclaimed in tax sale foreclosures, nearly 95% according to the speaker,Bob Diamond, there are 3,000 of these done every day, JP Morgan says $13,700,000worth of unc...
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Now don't get me wrong - Everyone is a newbie once. I still consider myself one...I'm not trying to offend anyone here.
But I guess I've just lately been noticing just how many newbies who never bother to learn the bu...