Hello fellow members! I have a question:I'm looking to buy and hold a SFR in Houston, purchase price under 85k, should be in decent shape, and I'm trying to decide on the area and hope you can help me. I was really in...
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Hi,
I have a 90 feet length and 40 feet width 3 feet depth ditch in the backyard where the county catch basin is in the middle next to the retention wall. There were a lot of bushes, trees, poison Ivy plants etc. gro...
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Hello, I am a new investor and I am pondering a new strategy. If I buy a property from a motivated seller for 80k then refi for 110k because that is what the comps in the area are worth can I keep the property as a re...
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Mezzanine Debt and Preferred Equity. Part 1. Executive Summary
The multifamily real estate sector has experienced a sharp rise in distress rates, increasing from 2.6% to 8.4% over the past seven months. This surge c...
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Hello BP Community,
I've been lurking through some of the threads on here and this is my first post. I'm looking for advice on my first real estate investment. My goal is to invest in a SFR or small multifamily for c...
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So my husband and I are on day 36 of our first flip. Everything is going pretty well and (budgeted) money for all of the renovations continue to fly out the window. We are still enjoying the work, project managemen...
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I’m a new Real Estate investor in Alpharetta, Ga. My wife and I are looking to invest in single family and small multi family properties in Georgia, Alabama and North Florida. I graduated in 2019 from Auburn Universi...
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I hope this post helps some of you out there apprehensive to put together a deal without knowing how to do everything up front.I bought my first deal and waited a year to do my second deal because I didn’t know anythi...
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Hey BP! For the record, I typically would not write a humbling post like this one so please don't view as someone complaining (how I would view myself writing this). Simply trying to step out of my comfort zone and ge...
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Hello,I own a property in Austin, TX where it seems difficult to get enough cash flow to make keeping the current house as a rental a good option (due to high property taxes, etc). I'm looking into options for tearing...