C.J. Lauria
Finding a Qualified REI Mentor
You have probably observed that your best first investment is in yourself. Even if you have closed a few deals in the past, you must have a mentor who can help take you to the next level in your real estate invest...
Account Closed
Why Brethren of the Buy & Beholders Church want to burn a heretic
Buy and Hold is promoted by most property investors as the Holy Grail. How can so many people with money be so wrong?Although many created their investment capital by wholesaling houses they now choose to become inves...
Jarrod Ochsenbein
Private lending in 2nd position
2nd position loan questions
How do you insure you mitigate the risk of not being paid back?
For me I use;
2nd lien on target property or cross collateral property deed of trust
JV agreement
Promissory Note
Pers...
Brad Rondeau
Cashflow Smashflow
I keep hearing about cash flow and I've been beating myself up because my condo rental has only $39 cash flow each month. The property is in Laguna Niguel CA. I purchased a 3 bdrm condo for $365,000 in Dec 2009 with 2...
John Carbone
Warning for STR Pumpers
I’ve mentioned over the past few years to be careful how you pump and promote short term rentals to people in search of real estate. As I said before, when people take loses, they file lawsuits at anyone associated.Di...
Justin Badillo
Wholesale problems today
What’s the biggest issues with wholesaling in today’s market and how do you suppose it could be fixed?
Rich Weese
estate planning for well to do or wannabe well to dos!
I was asked deep in a buried thread to answer a couple questions about my reply in a recent post. here is the start.
I post a lot about parallel programs. There is a reason I do that. It is the best of both worlds...
Blake Ramsey
How prepared did you feel going into your first deal?
Hey everyone, my name is Blake and I’m an engineering student based in Springfield, Mo. I’m looking into investing into my first property this year (buy-and-hold sfr) and was wondering how you all felt before doing yo...
Daniel Peavey
I’m a Tradesman: Financially free/ but irritated 😎
Bigger pockets is great! But, all these podcasts have hidden intentions of selling books!!! They are becoming book sellersThe average guy don’t need to know about syndications, creating corporations, raising million...
Nathan Gesner
When is it OK to talk about money?
In 2005 my oldest brother asked me how my house sale was going. I mentioned it went under contract in three days and we were making $125,000 profit. I was in the military and would be considered lower middle-income at...