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Hello!I am getting started in RE investing, specifically looking at multifamily properties. I am currently exploring my loan options and I am being told that money from friends and family, or "gift funds", cannot be u...
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Hey All!I am glad to finally get started with the Bigger Pockets community! I have heard a lot of good things and wanted to jump on the bandwagon myself. I am actually very excited and hope to be very active here. I h...
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Hey guys, not sure if this is the right place to ask, so apologies if it's not!Are there any weekly/monthly real estate investment clubs in the DMV (DC/Maryland/VA) area that anyone could recommend? I work for a DC-ba...
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I started a hard money lending business with a couple of partners in the Nebraska and Iowa marketplace using our own capital. Demand has been solid, and it has become apparent that we are going to have all of our mone...
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Hello. I'll first introduce myself a bit to help you guys better understand my situation. I'm 21 years old and live in a college town a few hours outside of Chicago. I had a good paying position with a EV company that...
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Real Estate Matt has a rehab guide that is on sale for $100. If the promises of a lot of lessons from decades of renovation and flipping to save time and headaches for new investors is even fractionally true, it soun...
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Some developer-owners are building multifamily to the Passive House energy standard, paying tenant utilities, charging as if energy efficient, sending a tiny fraction to the power company, and banking the rest. Yields...
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Some developer-owners are building multifamily to the Passive House energy standard, paying tenant utilities, charging as if energy efficient, sending a tiny fraction to the power company, and banking the rest. Yields...
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I've tried many times and cannot use it. It holds a fraction of the information on the screen at a time as the old forum format. If I check into the forum from my phone the page formatting makes sense, but that's what...
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I'm not sure if this forum is still active, but I'm looking to chat with a few real estate investors in Ontario who may be interested in raising funds by selling fractional shares of their property.My co-founder and I...