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With 2016 right around the corner, now is a good time to reflect on 2015 and what motivates you.Real estate investing offers great benefits to those who have the desire and work ethic to be an entrepreneur. To be suc...
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BP Community, I have been a long time lurker on BP. I love the BP platform, it's an amazing community that has been built.I think I have listened to over 70 podcasts, and hear week after week where people have done 5...
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Hi BP,
You know how they ask at the end of each podcast "What do you believe sets apart successful real estate investors from all those who give up, fail, or never get started?" --- well, I have been in the "never g...
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The number one issue that I see for new investors, like myself, is the ability to setup/run a real estate investment business on a part time basis while still maintaining a full time job.
The question I have for ever...
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Hi BP community. I own a single family and as my first house a.k.a 'mistake house' I'm sure experiencing a steep learning curve. I house hacked, then land-lorded and am now out of state so I'm officially a long distan...
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I am new to the real estate space and am first and foremost looking to network. I am very motivated, don't mind hustling, and can work as many hours as it takes. Open to finding agents, investors, lenders, etc to he...
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So I have had many properties that I had put the typical 20% or 30% down on a 30 Year loan and had a Fixed payment with the bank. When I had extra money or a large commission I would always put large amounts to the p...
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Hello Investors,
Only a few small number Everybody uses white rectangles for business promotion. So many utterly unique posts along the lines of "Help me get noticed by Bank XYZ, Seller XYZ, RE Agent XYZ."
Why not...
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Hi Everyone,I am currently saving with the mind frame of doing a flip to finance a buy and hold and pay off my debt and then continue on with flips and buy and holds after my debt is paid.But..In a recent personal fin...
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So many people are scared of what is going on in our economy because of what they are told by others. Yet, they really don’t understand what is making our economy tick. I recently received an ‘economic update’...