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Hi everyone! It's great to join this awesome community that is frequently active and helpful.My name is Tanveer and I am an aspiring real estate investor looking to purchase a property within the year. I listen to at ...
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I have had a couple of bad experiences with appraisals coming in very low with certain lenders and have taken the suggestion of some BP members to try to convince buyers to use my lender.
I have offered a variety o...
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I was told yesterday by a Phoenix realtor that the "valley" is down to a TWO months inventory of unsold homes. Is this accurate? Normally a 6 month inventory is thought of as normal or healthy. If this is true, prices...
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I bought a property at an hoa foreclosure and a mortgage lien survives and is itself in foreclosure. Are they likely to negotiate or will I have to pay the balance? I can't get the mortgage company to talk to me at al...
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Hey guys! I would like to get an idea on how to go about starting up in the real state investment world with 100k in savings but no job/taxable income at the moment thanks for the amazing 2020. Any ideas are greatly a...
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Hello BiggerPockets family!I just officially finished my first year as a real estate investor and I wanted to share a summary of what I did, what I experienced, and the lessons I learned. I hope this will be helpful f...
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I am thinking about investing for my first time in the Chicago market but am having second thoughts because of consistently hearing about the housing bubble. Housing prices have continued to increase along with taxes ...
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I’ve heard investors say you should stay away from low payment notes. I’m wondering the rationale. As long as the yield is acceptable, I’m thinking what does it matter? I guess it could limiting because of you want ...
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Hey all longtime forum reader/podcast watcher new poster here. Last July I finally took the plunge into real estate investing and purchased a SFR in need of some TLC but nothing too major. I lived in it for 6 months w...
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We have a NPL on a SFR property in Illinois with a foreclosure sale date next month. Borrowers finally came to the table for a loan mod earlier this month (they have been disputing the debt for a few years). They subm...