Peter K.
WHY are closing costs so expensive?!
I'm bleeding money on closing right now. Background story is have a 65K house under contract. 20% down so takes 13K out. Closing costs total $4,271 !! That is 6.6% Total, diming out 17.2K in cash. I thought closing co...
Daniel OKeeffe
Mailings costs and ROI
A bit of confusion about the wholesaling model. From what I have been reading from different sources in the forums, the mailings seem to only become effective around the 4th or 5th mailing to the same group of peop...
EJ Hyman
Facebook Ads and Google Analytics
Hello, there has been a debate between my partner and me between the better use of our marketing funds. Facebook Ads / Google Analytic Ads vs Direct Mail Marketing. Has anyone figured out which has the higher succes...
Roberto Vasquez
Should I transfer my rental prop under my LLC?
Pros and cons of having my properties under an LLC? I would like to know about your experiences and learn from them, should I transfer my properties to an LLC? If yes or no, why? Thanks.
Joseph Grullon
Marketing budget
I have a budget that I have saved up in order to start my real estate investment future. I would like to fix and flip properties and eventually acquire buy and hold properties. My question is what would be a good m...
Darren Sager
What's a wholesale lead worth to you in dollars?
I have a question I want to put out there to all wholesalers: What dollar value do you put on a person who wants a cash offer to purchase their home? How much would you be willing to pay in either a CPC (cost per cl...
Michinori Kaneko
Self-directed IRA geared towards money lending
Hi BP Community,I have a pretty significant amount of 401k from my prior employers invested in mutual funds, but thinking about moving it into a self-directed IRA and lending out the money from it instead. I wanted t...
Will Weider
My Self Directed IRA Experience
I am starting this thread to document my experience with a self-directed IRAI have an IRA that has been invested in stocks and bonds since I rolled an old 403(b) into this IRA about 10 years ago. It always underperfor...
Ross Hewitt
Direct Mail and Lists
Hello people of BiggerPockets,I am just getting started and have a few questions regarding direct mail, so for all the experienced people out there I'd love to hear your opinions.I am looking to outsource my direct ma...
Josh Cockcroft
How my last 2 buys came without direct mail
Hi everyone, I recently quit my job and went all in on real estate investing. At first when I was coming up with a marketing strategy, direct mail costs seemed quite daunting. So I found way to get in front of more mo...