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I am a new investor in the Birmingham Alabama area. How is the market in this area? Any tips or ideas would be appreciated. Thank you!
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How does wholesaling work and what are the advantages?
do you think its a good place for a newbie to start out?
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Hello,I am having a hard time running my numbers for STR investments, because I don't currently trust AirDNA. Depending on the neighborhood or city, I am finding some significant revenue pockets that make the number w...
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I purchased my first property in March 2013 right after graduating college with a bachelor’s in finance (Dec ’12) and months after getting my first professional job as a staff accountant (July ’12). Making $35k /yr wa...
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I need some guidance involving what to do for a maintenance check. Tenants have been in the home for 1 year (2 yr lease). We have been in the home on a few occasions for various issues but have never done a specific c...
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First I want to say that I appreciate all of your help and answers in advance! Thanks for your time!I started writing letters to a list of people in my area. Off market properties. I'm a newbie and I asked one pro wh...
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In the book How To Invest In Real Estate, the author claims that a property that doesn't meet the 1% rule will never be cashflow positive.Here is a proof against it. Buy a property for 500K cash, rent out for 2.5K, su...
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I'm excited about taking the first step and figured I'd share!!
Upon walking in and asking for open probate files, I expected a confused look, a "well you can't have them because...", or a "be more specific". Intere...
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Hello BP,I looked at an REO and found there is an ongoing "situation" with the easement of the developed properties.This property has homes that date back to at least 1959, the subject property was actually built in ...
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I closed on a 320 unit last week and have had a lot of people ask me how they can break into the multifamily syndication biz (i.e. raising money and buying apts with investors). I documented my lessons learned on my l...