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Today I turn 27. Today I close on a half million dollar 4 unit property. Needless to say, I’ve been busy.Life is filled with so many ups and down. Right now life is up. Just a few short months ago life was not so up. ...
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Me and my partner felt as if we did not have a successful day looking for our team. Spent about a total of 8-9 hours making calls today. Between lenders, brokerages, contractors, property managers we just did not feel...
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I wanted to get a topic started where we can all share where you are finding your deals. We are all seeing the MLS is not working. I'll start by going over how I'm finding my deals:
1. Direct Mail Marketing to NED ...
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I am really trying to stay positive but I feel like I have been spinning my wheels for the last 3-4 mos. I have evaluated 100s of properties , toured and budgeted well over 50 properties, put offers on on 7 or 8. Each...
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I keep watching these "guru" videos and they say "3 Hours Worth of Work for $10,000". My question is, what are they not doing that I AM, or what am I doing that I SHOULDN'T?
I walk my neighborhood daily and end up w...
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Hello to all you investors out there. This is my story:Me and my husband came from israel to baltimore to be real estate investors. I studied for three months in Israel on line, learning all there is to know about the...
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Hello all,
So I have been attending a local REIA in my area for last few months and I have seen couple of people who attend every meeting but haven't done any deal. I read some where on this forum that 90% of the rea...
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Hi BiggerPockets community!I'm a 23-year-old looking to get started in Real Estate. As I'm sure the case is with the most of us getting started, there are a lot of questions and concerns spinning around in my head. I ...
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Hi Everyone,I would like to get your thoughts on cash flowing areas right now, outside of the big markets. It's almost impossible to cash flow anything in the Portland metro area right now, and that includes the outsk...