I want to get loans from people that I pay them yearly interest on. Can I advertise for this? I was thinking it would be kind of like a CD with a 6%+ intrest rate. I am looking at trying to grow my business faster nex...
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Hello everybody. I’m a 24 year old maintenance technician for a property management group in Buffalo, NY. I just recently read “rich dad poor dad” and now I’m starting to build my real estate portfolio. I’m going to l...
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As I have been living in my first property which is a live in flip I have built a good amount of equity. Just applied for my first HELOC so I can hopefully purchase my first rental property. I live in NJ and have been...
My name is Andrew Dial. From Effingham Illinois. I sell promotional advertising for our family business. I have a 2 year old son and a 10 month old daughter. I am in the process of buying my first rental. Look fo...
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Curious if anyone goes extra lengths to put out some type of welcome basket for each guest? Does anyone put out a bottle of wine for guests? any liability on doing so?is it cost effective to do this? Thoughts?
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BP search function isn't working for me right now, I keep getting errors. I'm sure this has been discussed many times already.Anyway, what should I provide for guests in way of coffee? I don't drink coffee so I litera...
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Hi all, I recently spoke with someone who has been in real estate for years and he's told me that he's found a lot of opportunities in auctions and foreclosure properties. What are your experiences in these types of p...
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Marijuana Ignites Skirmishes Between Users, Neighbors
The article above is from REALTOR Magazine and describes some of the problems caused by legalized marijuana. If you're in a state with legal doobie, ganga, reef...
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Hi, I'm new to biggerpockets and looking for some advice on first time lending. I am thinking about privately lending to a friend who has many years of successful REI experience. One of my concerns is usury laws. I li...
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Hi,
I’m new to all of this, just started listening to podcasts/YouTube this month. I understand there’s a type of bias clause when searching for tenants, such as you’re not allowed to reject one tenant over the other ...