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I am in a unique position. I have been studing real estate investing for 3 years and my husband is just now starting to see the potential. My problem is this, I am ready and the only thing that stops me is I am not t...
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Hello All, My wife and I are newbies and are looking to get into the rental/flip market here in Charlotte, NC. We were thinking of doing a cash out refinance on our current primary residence to fund our first inve...
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Just met Sue Nelson at the CT REIA meeting last night. Her background is much like mine and I felt like I could learn from her style. Her "program" is a bit pricey. Would love to get some feedback before making a d...
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Hi all, I'm relatively new to the FI/real estate investing path but am excited to begin seeing some progress in the journey! I graduated from school about 2 years ago and one of the first personal finance books I read...
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Are there any good techniques to make sure that those who respond to my newspaper ads are truly motivated sellers? What should the ad say? What should my VM message be to screen those who call?
Thanks.
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Exciting things are happening in Grand Rapids with the medical development, and the GVSU college area. Not to mention all our new breweries. This town is hopping!!I have several success stories involving our investo...
I guess the snowflakes melted under the pressure of my last forum (banned) post. Sorry but reality doesn't care about your feelings, or mine.
The truth is a lot of people in the Airbnb, STR, VRBO, etc. market are p...
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Alright, so it might not be "breaking news" but it's news to some. So many of the threads and forums I’ve read since joining BP in 2018 have pushed the power of leverage and maintaining a high LTV to boost your ROI a...
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I am completely new to real estate, however, highly motivated to create new connections (mentor) in finding my niche and eventually learning more. I will be PCS (moving) to San Diego, CA sometime late November early D...
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Dear Mr. Bernanke, Ms. Yellen, and the entire FOMC,
I am writing this belated letter to thank you for the $4,000,000,000,000 (Trillion) in monetary base, countless billions in MBS purchases, and aggressive ...