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Jonathan Greene The 5 Biggest Mistakes New Investors Are Making Here In The Forums
19 August 2024 | 244 replies

These are here to help you make better connections in the forums. It's ok to be new, but if you consider these five tips, you will get much better responses to your questions.
1. Writing too little or too much in a p...

Alexander Vasquez How do I handle looking to young?
25 April 2019 | 85 replies

I’m 24, I’ve just graduated college about a year ago, and I am just getting into real estate. One issue that has become a hinderance more than I’d like to admit is the fact that I look so young. Most people say I look...

Matthew Kirkwold Telling Tenants You're the Property Manager
12 December 2021 | 50 replies

Hello everyone,
I've heard that some people will tell their tenants they are the property manager so that when a dispute comes up they can say the "owner" is the "bad guy" and not them. On the other side of the coin,...

Thomas C. Wells Fargo Bank Sucks!
14 February 2012 | 33 replies

I am very upset at Wells Fargo Bank. We had been with the former banks Wachovia etc. since 1989 and NEVER had any late payments on anything!

Now Wells Fargo Bank - CEO John Stumpf recently received $25,000,000,000.00...

Jason Kim Setting Up LLC Under Different State
23 December 2019 | 51 replies

Hello BP Meembers,

I am currently in the process of setting up my LLC and my CPA told me to set it up under a different state LLC because it's much cheaper. I live in Chicago and he said that it costs around $500 to...

Doug W. My first flip - I broke even
7 August 2015 | 78 replies

I thought I would share my story with the hope that it inspires someone to start the home flipping adventure and/or saves someone from making some of the (costly) mistakes that I made. Note that I'm purposely not incl...

Alex Silang How do RE empires typically collapse?
23 March 2014 | 42 replies

1) Not keeping enough reserves. Big expense hits and owner cannot handle it

2) Fix/flip - unforseen repair needed. Too many deals go bad.

I'm curious to hear how RE empires go down during recessions.

Joshua Dorkin Your Toughest Deal - What Was It? Share Details!
4 March 2015 | 17 replies

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...

Allison Leung Real Estate Investors: What does a day in your life look like?
12 September 2014 | 60 replies

Attention real estate investors: I'm curious -- what's a snapshot of your typical daily schedule (or are there no 'typical days')? Do you wake up at 5:00 a.m., run 5 miles with your dog, make waffles from scratch and ...

Shawn M. DEBATE: Cash Flow vs Cash on Cash return
23 December 2013 | 49 replies

When evaluating a property what do you look for:

High Cashflow?

Example: $74,000 house rents for $900 month, buy with all cash gives you a 9% Cash on Cash return and a $587/mo cash-flow.

or

...