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I'm on my second rental property, but I've always struggle with the background check. It seems that most of the bad applicants won't even fill out the one page background application and return it if they have a ba...
Hi All,My name is Luke. I am totally new to real estate and am trying to gather as much information and learn as fast as possible. I own my own business but there is just something intriguing about buying, renting, fl...
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Hi BP team,
I have been working a deal and I have convinced the seller to accept creative finance. Seller is willing to keep the loan under their name for two years with a small down payment. My dilemma is that I'...
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I just graduated this summer and I am having an incredibly difficult time finding work in the real estate industry. I wanted to find a job that allowed me to learn about real estate investing while providing me the in...
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My direct marketing has primarily attracted sellers with "mild" interest in selling or sellers curious about what I would pay for their property. The intention here is not to create a discussion about the qu...
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I did W2 for 30 years as in corporate IT. Dabbled in real estate but never went for it big time - bought and sold a few primary residences and a couple of condos over the years. Now I'm 56 and hoping to never work for...
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I was raised in poverty. The kind of thing you only really see in America today in families with trauma and mental-health issues, traditionally where the pop refuses to get help and the mom refuses to stop enabling hi...
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I'm having some problems finding an insurance company to write a policy on my multi-family investment property that I'm on contract for in St. Petersburg, Fl.
The issue is that I have had 2 claims in the last few mon...
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Hey BP Fam,Let me start this post by saying that the Covid-19 pandemic is effecting millions of people worldwide and people are literally losing their lives. I understand how grateful I am for my health and I understa...
Hi everyone,I've been searching for my first rental property over the past 3 months in north jersey. I'm searching through the MLS and Zillow and finding it hard to come across good deals (12%+ cash on cash return). I...