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I own a second mortgage that isn't paying, what to do?
A few years ago I sold a house to a couple that asked me to take back a second, since they could only quailfy for a 80% loan. I did and now they have stopped paying me, but they are still paying the first wich is a l...
Sandra Holt
Just Bought Rental #2!
I am fairly new to BP but just wanted to share that my offer on investment property number 2 was just accepted today! I haven't closed yet and I know I'm counting my chickens too soon, but I'm excited to have jumped ...
Shabyna Stillman
Crowdfunding Question
Hi, does anyone know anything about a crowdfunding group called Groundfloor? A friend of mine asked me about them and she wants to invest with them. I don't know anything about them. Any insight would be greatly appre...
Andrew Merritt
Accumulating Rental Properties
I'm working on finding a rental property as my first deal. For right now, I'm focusing on pretty much turn-key properties. If I stick with this and spend all of my money allocated for real estate on this first prope...
Terri Hollinsworth
Should I get my real estate license for flipping?
I live in Orlando Fl, and currently building my team to start flipping houses. I currently have a full time job but I would eventually like to do real estate investing full time. Now I have a general contractor and po...
Joshua Dorkin
Your Toughest Deal - What Was It? Share Details!
There are a lot of discussions on the site about starting out, but I find that those discussions where people share the challenges they went through on difficult deals are the best to learn from.
So . . .
What Was Y...
Joe Splitrock
What Questions Are Not Being Asked That Should Be?
I read hundreds of questions in the forums every day. I see a lot of repetition in questions. People ask things like "Do I need an LLC" or "where do I advertise for tenants" or "how do you collect rent payment". We al...
Jackson Risse
Can't pull the trigger because of interest rates??
I keep on hearing from investors that "I'm waiting for interest rates to go down" or I hear "I need rates to go down for the numbers to make sense". Maybe these investors are saying this because they just got into inv...
Mandi Martinez
When the contractor is over the timeline, by A LOT.
I’m on my first flip, and the official start for renovations was November 1st 2018. I was told it would take 12 weeks to complete the project and now we are well past that and still having issues. All of a sudden I ne...
Alex Silang
Do you tell your coworkers about your real estate properties?
Just wanted to see what people do. I've owned RE for about 3-4 years and I haven't told a single coworker about it. I'm a private person in general. Still though sometimes I consider it. I think it's interesting conve...