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Real Industry Needs Reform
I think most people that have given it much thought and aren't agents/brokers themselves realize that the real estate industry is in serious need of reform. Should someone without a college degree be making more mone...
Shannon Reynolds
Fraud or no?
My property in MD is turning over to a new tenant. My PM sent me a quote that gave me a small heart attack. Upon further inspection, I quickly recognized that the times they were allocating for various tasks were gros...
Sunny Karen
Planning to start investing in Detroit - any one use Upside investments?
Hello BP community,My family is evaluating a cash-flow market to get into - and we are close to finalizing on Detroit for various reasons (entry point, >1% RTP, strategic investments in parts of the city, ...)Based...
Michael McLoughlin
PPR Note Fund
Had a good talk with Peter Neill at PPR yesterday and just wanted to reach out to investors on the BP community that have invested in the PPR note fund to hear about their experience. PPR's track record seems pretty s...
James Carlson
Are STRs as we know them dead in Colorado (and other places)?
A bit of a rant here ... I've been in these forums for seven years and have followed the Airbnb laws in Colorado the entire time. I've always been able to find my STR clients investments that are legal and whose numbe...
Chris Reeves
What do you syndicators do in down markets?
Just curious - I've never been part of a syndication either as an investor or the syndicator. We own our own stuff directly, and thus can simply ride out long down cycles (as long as we are not over-leveraged) and con...
Dylan Swanson
Cons of having a realtor license?
Hi all,I'm considering getting my real estate agent license. I think I'm aware of most of the pros, but I was wondering if I could get your feedback as to what might be the cons of being a realtor who also looks for ...
Stephanie Yi
If you have 1m, where you would invest and how would you invest?
I often seen discussion in BP that the house price is too high, there will be next crash coming. I am curious what people would do if you have $1m available at this time? Will you hold cash to wait for downturn so you...
Shawn Breeze
sandwhich lease options
When you get a lease with an option to buy from a homeowner and then find a tenant/buyer, it's sounds a little weird when you bring out a lease and an option to buy contract. For one thing, I'm not even the owner; so ...
Daniel Guerra
Down payment for Contractors
Do you give a down payment to a Contractor before he does work?
I'm having a hard time finding contractors that would do work without a down payment.
I feel like even with a contract, a contractor could just walk ...