Josh Calcanis
Life Insurance as Financing?
BP,I was speaking with a friend of mine who recently began working for a financial group. She mentioned that she had a few clients that had use their overfunded life insurance policy as financing for a deal. Basically...
Mark Kohn
Noob question: Ok to buy negative cash flow but build equity?
Hi all,
Looking to get into real estate investing and have a super basic question but I couldn't really find an answer so please bear with me!
I see lots of information around cash flow and the importance of cash fl...
Brandon Foken
Alternatives to Yellow Letters
Warning: Lots of Questions!!
I'm in the process of sourcing my envelopes, paper, etc. for my direct mail campaign for Absentee Owners. My initial plan is to use a "handwritten" font for the marketing copy on the yell...
Account Closed
For 50+ MF, how common is it to show a loss after depreciation?
Hi,My wife and I run an online retail business with extremely high "earned income". We want to start investing in real estate to offset that income by one of us becoming a "real estate professional". We don't spend mo...
Thomas Handy
It's Feb 2012, what did you accomplish in the first month
I thought I would touch on a different topic as a way to see how everyone has started off the year. One month is down and did you start off the year with a bang?
I was gearing up for a great 2012 until Fannie Mae w...
David White
Home Equity Line of Credit (HELOC)?
I’m still relatively new to the real estate game (2 rentals owned in just under 6 months of investing) and have been coming across different strategies to buy properties. One of these strategies is called the HELOC me...
Robin Morales
What data do I need ? How to do the math?
Hello Everyone! I am starting my real estate investment journey. I don’t have much knowledge or any property...yet. I currently have about 60k liquid, no debt, 800 credit and would like to buy in 2020. However, I don’...
Matthew Hermenau
First Investment Money Pit
Hello BP network,I recently purchased my first single family, out of state property in OH with the intent of renting it out long-term but have come across some major road blocks. I overlooked a lot of details during t...
Matt Watkins
Auctions for Newbies?
As I'm looking for deals as a new investor, a lot of houses that at least superficially meet my criteria are being offered at public auction. I have not done a deal yet, and am somewhat intimidated to try and get my f...
Haider Zaman
HUD Wholesale Bidding Strategy
BP Family,I have a question regarding bidding on HUD properties. What percentage of the listed price (or ARV, whichever) are your bids on the HUD site? I understand that this is a very generic question (considering ...