Joe Liu
Borrowing money from friends/family? How much do you give them in interest?
Hi guys, I am looking at buying a couple of buy and hold rental single unit properties with all cash. With that, I want to use mostly family and friends cash. If i were to borrow 80% of it with terms of 9 months, beca...
Zhengran Zhou
CPA or Real Estate attorney or both for private money investors?
I'm interested in setting up a company and invest in California with a few private investors' funds. Currently I'm thinking about offering both debt and equity styles of investments, so I would like to find out the le...
Imane Zahri
investing tips.
Hi everyone, I am new to he forum as well as real estate market. I have been thinking about making profit buy purchasing rental properties but in Silicon Valley prices are over my budget, I m considering las vegas, or...
Nick Condie
Networking in the Bay Area (Oakland, CA)
Hello Better Pockets members,I am fairly new to the Bigger Pockets community. My name is Nick and I am a long-time resident of the East Bay area (currently near Lake Merritt in Oakland). The Bigger Pockets articles an...
Brian Payne
BP Greenhorn from Bakersfield, CA
Greetings all and Happy New Year~
I just wanted to ping my new friends on BP to introduce myself. I'm a father of 2 boys, happily married, and currently work in the medical field in central California. I'm...
Eric Kennedy
Trustee Sales- Experiences
Are there any folks on here that buy at trustee sales (auctions) in Santa Cruz or Santa Clara County? Have you had success with this strategy? What are the major drawbacks? Would love to hear your thoughts. Thanks.
D Manh Nguyen
Hello from New York City
Hi everyone,
My name is Manh. I am a new to Real Estate Investing. I recently came across "The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Real Estate Investing" by Joshua Dorkin & Brandon Turner. The book brought me he...
Phil Sharp
Buy-and-hold strategies in high priced areas
I have lived in the San Francisco bay area for the last 15 or so years, and am anxious to start doing some buy-and-hold investing. However, it seems that price-to-rent ratios are solidly over 30 in my area, and gener...
J. Martin
Using range of expenses in your profit / ROE estimates?
I know many members on BP use the 50% rule as a screening technique.. I was curious if anyone uses a range of estimates for expenses to estimate potential profit, rather than strictly 50% - either while they are ...
Atish Shah
Which city in San Francisco bay area should i start
Hello bay area dwellers,I have been thinking of getting started in real estate by investing in a (MFR) in the bay area. I crunched some numbers to come up with cities that offer highest rent/price ratio (in theory) wh...