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Hello everyone. I am a veteran looking to eventually leave my full time job and become a RE investor. I am currently working to get my RE license here in CA and could use some mentorship that'd help me in being succes...
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Just came across this Forbes article .
Some of the craziest parts of the article
"For fix-and-flip investors, a rule of thumb is that you need to make at least 30% above the purchase price in order to be profitabl...
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I found a SFH that is for sale. It has a detached un-permitted guest house and separately a detached garage, which I would like to convert to an ADU. The zoning is for a single family house.1. What strategies are at p...
Good morning fellow BiggerPockets members! I have an interesting thought question for you all today. As many of you can tell, the community is generally not in favor of paying people to teach you how to work in real e...
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First i want to say hello to everyone i am so grateful and appreciative of this site and everyone that takes the time to educate and spread knowledge freely here.please excuse any mistakes or errors from my typing i a...
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I'm a bit nervous...who am I kidding...I'm very nervous...as I am prepping for my first rehab. I've got the house in my sights and hopefully will be closing on it soon. I'm pretty anal about things so I'm always che...
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I'm a little more than a month away from testing and obtaining my real estate license. What are some things I should be doing right now? I have several brokers that I am interested in working under. Should I be tal...
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Hello BP,I am wondering if I am correctly protecting myself with the current house hack that I am doing. I recently bought a property and currently renting out one of the two rooms (with the second one to be soon rent...
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Three years ago I received a free/clear house on 2 lots and some money from family in my home state (currently active duty USAF). I immediately repaired anything wrong, updated the house and rented it. With the remain...
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Hi everyone,My wife and I have purchased a few performing notes and really like them, but are looking for something with more value add in the note space. We’ve been investigating second position mortgage notes but a...