Carson Hyland
New Investor -- Tips Needed!!!
Hello,
I'm excited to be starting my real estate investing journey with my wife. We are in East Central Illinois. We are both in our mid 20's, so we were still pretty naive when it comes to a lot of this stuff. We...
Will Barnard
The Truth about Wholesaling!
There are so many people and companies out there who claim to be wholesalers and many more newbies who claim to want to start out in wholesaling as a means to get started in the biz.
Let me tell you about a recent ex...
James Wise
"Subject To" Real Estate Investing is Slimy. Prove me Wrong.
"Subject To" Real Estate Investing is as Slimy as it gets. There are ZERO situations where it makes any sense for a seller to sell their property in a "Subject To" deal. The only times these deals happen is when some ...
Ryan Willer
Rentors application fee paid for, landlord never ran credit check
Lets say I am a landlord in the state of Missouri. I accepted multiple application fees for 1 house which includes both a credit check and background check. I never ran the credit/background check for individuals I ne...
David Barwick
Choosing between higher income or better credit applicants
I’ve been showing and taking applications for my first rental property. The applicants all seem to fall into one of two categories:1. better than 3x income but credit problems ranging from missing some payments for so...
Alex Houser
New Investor looking to start in NJ
Hey all,I'm brand new to BiggerPockets (incredibly thankful for such amazing resources!) and looking to invest in my first multifamily property in New Jersey. Just wanted to say hello, and perhaps ask for any advice y...
Kathy Anschutz
Screening New Tenants
I am a new landlord and rented my property 1x so far for 6 months to someone I know and work with that did not turn out well at all - I was completely scammed I convinced him into leaving my property without going thr...
Courtney Benson
Philadelphia PA License & Inspection
Just a heads-up: Philly L&I will not expedite blueprint examinations for EXISTING structures. They only expedite drawings for new construction. This is new to my G.C. AND Architect. So i thought i would share.Also...
Alex Breshears
Looking for Lender application template ideas
Looking to get an idea what other private lenders are using for applications for investors looking to do business with you? We are developing one - but I’d love to see if there are some other aspects we might be missi...
Account Closed
Technology in our business
I have noticed that while we use a lot of platforms to help us run our businesses in Real Estate we are still pretty far behind in most respects. Do you think this is because most of the people in the Real Estate busi...