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Hello BiggerPockets! My name is Tom DiMeo and I'm a 23 year old aspiring investor from New Jersey. I'm fresh out of school and working in finance/risk management. I have a solid understanding of investing in a broad s...
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Hoping I can solicit some knowledge from the experienced community here once again. What I understand from my nascent research is that one should ideally form a legal entity (LLC etc) to buy any investments to protec...
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Hey BP,Quickbooks, is this the way to go?I have a REI business and am fairly new to it. I have only flipped houses thus far but I am very interested in Buy and Hold as well for 2016. The question I have is what is t...
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For those who use a property management company, what criteria do you look for in a potential PM company?
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Hello from Alabama. I'm just curious if anyone else has ever run into a situation where you bought a tax lien property but it was full of the previous owners possessions, although in this case the house has been vacan...
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I can no longer get bank loans since I am now a full time investor. I am toying with the idea of using credit cards to fund the purchase of some solid cash flow properties. I have one credit card that is at 6.9% Fix...
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Hey everybody,
Hubby and I are in the process of finishing up on our first flip, and we have some finishing touches that need to be done (i.e., changing receptacles, cleaning trash out of attick, painting inside of c...
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I was wondering how successful wholesalers, particularly in CA, are determining offers on bank owned fixers. The "70% of the repaired value minus repairs" formula seems to be not applicable in my market. The banks re...
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I live in SW Florida where I owe $335,000 for a house surrounded by homes forecloure specialists are enjoying profits from selling at $125,000 (in much better condition than mine), and at least another thousand brand ...
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I’m tired of hearing you “why are thinking about a fourplex, why aren’t you shifting to thinking about a 100 unit complex??”My wife and I just recently bought our first live in flip and renting our old house, with pla...