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Hello All - I'm an architect in Austin, TX working on raising capital to fund construction on a mixed-use project my office is developing/ designing/ building, and I'd greatly appreciate input on effectively raising c...
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Hi,I am interested in examples of how people convinced a private investor to support their project. What are typical % returns for them? What other incentives are good offers? How long is the standard period to pay b...
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Hi all, how are you all doing? I submitted the offer on one duplex but seller rejected because they are selling 3 duplexes together. They are all tenanted and one next to each other and in Class C neighborhood. Curren...
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Hello everyone! I met a new personal hard money lender, and I would like some ideas on how to strike a deal for flipping houses. He has worked commercial RE his whole life and wants to use his capital better. I hav...
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I have just won a bid for a rental home for $385,000. I have a lot of cash, but believe getting private funding until I can refi is a good strategy. There are minimal repairs required so can rent it withing a week o...
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Hey,My father and I started looking at several properties in the Bronx in order to get our feet wet and learn as much as possible about our area before investing. Having my Real Estate licence has allowed me look at a...
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Hi all!I was wondering if I could bounce ideas from everybody here on possible exit strategies you can use when going through a hard money lender or a private lender. I know there is the selling of the property, refi...
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Has anyone ever done this?There's a property that I'm looking at that could be bought for about $80,000-$100,000 in cash. It's a 4 plex and needs about $25K worth of work and the ARV should be $175,000-$200,000.What i...
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Hi all,First post. Apologies in advance for any BP forum faux pas I may inadvertently commit.I am new to real estate investing and my goal is to invest in my first property in 2019. To that aim I networked with a loca...
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I get responses from my marketing efforts and I want to make sure I'm successfully converting as many of these prospects as possible to closed deals. I don't wholesale, just negotiate to buy the deals myself, and if ...