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Long story short. A successful local investor (buy and hold, also a broker for 30 years, runs a small real estate investment company now) taught a creative real estate class here in Raleigh recently and offered anyon...
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I am curious as to how I can qualify to borrow money to purchase a multi-family property. I have over $100k in student loan debt. I have no credit card debt and no other debt except my student loans. I make roughly $...
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Hi BP community! My name is Jonathan, I've just graduated college and my goal is to save up enough money over the next year to buy my first rental property. I am looking to invest in small multi-family (2-4 units) in ...
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Hey folks, lease option question in regards to buying preforclosure properties. Has anyone here used lease options to buy preforclosure's?
I am a relatively experienced buy and hold investor. I typically market to p...
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HI BP community, I am a new investor looking to flip houses and start my direct mail campaign. I plan on getting an absentee owners list from listsource.com but had a few questions: 1. When getting an absentee owner ...
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Hi BP,I'm fairly new to BP and to real estate in general; I've been reading all the material I can get my hands on to get acquainted with the concepts, strategies and deal analysis; my short-term goal is to buy and ho...
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Hi all…I’d love to hear some strategies about financing when starting off. How do you scale when you’re starting out? For instance, I would like to invest in some buy and holds to generate cash flow. I have both a pri...
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Hello, I have came across what I deem an excellent opportunity but for me being a rookie, I can not grasp structuring a plan together. Currently, have a property that has been on the market for some time, spoke with t...
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Question 1:Wanted to pick other seasoned investor's brain as I am analyzing my fund situation. I am about 2 weeks away from closing on my 3rd investment property. 30 year fixed conventional financing and closing is ex...
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Hi, I'm a newbie to the world of real estate investments. I've got one rental property and would like to add to my portfolio. The rent from this property covers the mortgage. I also pay my mortgage for the house I liv...