Mark Perry
Where are the Canadians of BP?
Hey Everyone,It seems like BP is dominated by US investors, which is great, but I'm wondering where are all of my Canadian friends? The concepts of investing in real estate are the same, but mortgage and tax laws can ...
Wade Wisner
RE Investor with 52 years experience.
I write this as a career RE investor for 2 reasons: 1) Inexperienced investors might find a tidbit or two, and 2) that experienced investors might point me toward what is next for me.
I bought my first rental propert...
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...