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Real life of a newbie investorI've been inspired by Account Closed post, "real life of a real estate investor". With that being said, I believe there's value in sharing my journey with other newbies. I will begin givi...
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I have been at another forum writing about "creative financing" at the Creative Financing Forum.Here is the intro:It is the spring and I thought I would give a primer on "creative financing" for the BP community.I wil...
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Welcome to the new Question of the Week! It looks like estimating rehab is a big hurdle, so let’s get talking!
Make sure to vote in our poll and mention your location and average in our post. If you can give ballpark...
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This market is on overdrive. Who is taking chips off the table?
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Hi all! I'm new to BP and new to this real estate investing world. My husband and I are under contract for our first intentional investment property (to which we will be moving and renting out the basement.) We own ou...
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Joe,
Bad news – Texas has a law that I was not aware of that prohibits wage garnishments. Please see the attached.
I’ve done a little research, and this seems to be a bad law, or at least a bad interpr...
Hello all!
I have been researching a lot about syndications / investment clubs lately and was getting ready to start investing away, but I have found a couple of posts that mentioned that it might not be the best tim...
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Lots of people have asked me how to start doing a "Rental Arbitrage" in STR (short term rentals - Airbnb is most popular but VRBO is another way).Rental arbitrage is you as the investor rents a home and becomes the te...
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I'm curious to hear from other Vancouver Island investors to see if you have been able to locate any buy and hold opportunities with cash flow? I'm over in Courtenay and not having much luck here lately. My wife and ...
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Before I start placing bandit signs anywhere does anyone have any idea on legalities of where it is and isn't ok to place them.... I live in TX so maybe that might help in the answer if anyone has had dealings in this...