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Hello BP Family,I was recently speaking with a buddy here on BP that is new to the game and is worried about how he is going to replace his and his wife's income. He just had a new baby in February (congrats Andy!) an...
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Hello BP, looking for an out-of-state area to invest in and have done some research in the surrounding areas of Dallas. Wanted to see if you are still choosing this area to invest in, why or why not? Thanks!
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So I finally competed my first deal! Since finding BP 3 years ago, I knew I would start a business in Real Estate at some point. At the time I didn’t have any money saved up and all I had was time. So I put a plan to...
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Hello all! I'm looking for some feedback regarding my thoughts on how to acquire my next buy and hold property. I currently own 4 duplexes in Ames, IA, and after many years of expensive lessons, have finally turned th...
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Howdy fellow BP members !My name is Jinwoo. I am working as a game developer in Bellevue,WA. I was reading the forum posts for a while, learned a lot and finally decided to join in.As for real estate experience, pur...
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I have notice that many (majority) banks don’t like to lend on a property less than 75k. If that’s the case what happens to those that try to purchase properties that are less than 75k? For example in markets like: De...
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So I am in the planning stages of starting my real estate investing career and obviously a very important piece is planning the right market to start in. My strategy is to buy and hold small multifamily units that ar...
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I’ve partnered with an owner of quite a few properties in Bloomington and Decatur. Together him and I own a 32 unit just outside Decatur, and it’s doing well. I have a few more units in Urbana that do ok, but not kill...
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State government policies like income and business taxes are influencing some people’s decision on where to live and work. Even before the pandemic, less burdensome taxes in Texas drew huge tech companies like Tesla, ...
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