Steven J.
How do you interest a seller in seller financing?
As I've been getting calls from potential sellers the words 'seller finance' and 'lease option' are met with near automatic 'NO's. When asked why sellers always say they don't want to deal with the property and th...
Meghan McCallum
Is Bigger Pockets RUNING the ability to househack?
Hey everyone,I have a friend who I have been looking to partner with in a three or four flat in Chicago. Cap rate in the areas we wanted to buy are so bad (1 or 2%), even for the add value plays (which I think in Chic...
Sebastian Garcia
How's the current Union City, NJ Area market?
Hello everyone!I'm looking at properties in the Union City area, including Jersey City Heights, West New York, and North Bergen, but focused on Union City mainly for the short commute to the city. I live in NYC and gr...
Jennifer Jackson
Potential tenant has bad credit and a DWI
I recently met a potential tenant that I fell in love with. Very sweet personality and she was excited about the uniqueness of the property. I checked her credit score and it was not great (595), has a history of some...
Jackie Lange
The Artificial Housing Recovery
Interesting articles about what's really going on
http://www.theburningplatform.com/2014/02/02/warped-distorted-manipulated-flipped-housing-market/
Looks like house flipping (buy, fix sell rehabbers) wi...
Daniel A.
Excessive Profits. How much is too much?
I am starting this topic to open a dialogue regarding acceptable investor returns. What I mean by acceptable investor returns is as follows:
THE TOPIC:
At what point is the investor being greedy?
I will use the ex...
Kamal H.
How much should I ask for off of Rent?
Hello, I am currently working things out with my friend/roomate/landlord to settle and pay rent. So, the crazy thing is that both he and I got lazy and fell far behind on rental payments so I haven't paid anything in ...
Chris Masons
silly question for a somewhat seasoned landlord/investor
Hi guys,
I am a bit embarrassed for asking such a simple question and feel like I should know the answer already but I guess if I don't ask I will never know....
I need to do some serious asset/liability protection...
Joshua S.
Tell me why this wouldn't work. (Disclaimer: It's high-risk and pretty shady!)
So I wanted to explore an idea here, and see if anyone has heard of anyone else doing it. But before I go there, I want to make clear that I'm not ADVOCATING this or any other shady business practices; I'm simply want...
Jon Klaus
Wealth Inequality in America
This video has almost 3.8mm views
http://youtu.be/QPKKQnijnsM
"Likes" outnumber "dislikes" 20 to 1.
What do you think?