Marc Pfleger
Protecting my money in a rehab partnership
I am considering partnering with a contractor on a rehab and need some ideas on how to protect my investment in the property. The contractor used a hard money loan to acquire the property and would like for me to ...
Justin R.
Flipping mobile homes - what am I missing?
First, I plead ignorance other than everything I can read about mobile homes on BiggerPockets and mobilehomeinvesting.net in about 3 hours time. :)I own and manage a modest portfolio of MFR properties and have been i...
Bryan Hancock
Filing Liens On Property To “Protect†(Hide/Mask) Equity
I have heard of many investors filing liens on property or on friend’s property in an attempt to fend off legal challenges that would arise from someone identifying this equity. I realize that entities can be used ...
Camron Cottam
Everyone shutting me down?
I am here trying to get started on the path of real estate and am finding that everyone I talk to (minus people on BP) are almost trying to push me away from the real estate world. Comments like "being a landlord suck...
Ryan Rush
Getting discouraged. Everything is going wrong at once.
Everything has gone wrong all at once. I have 13 doors- which you would think would be able to handle about any issues that popped up, but the issues have happened too fast. I had insurance require roofs to be done- s...
Canesha Edwards
Where’s the Bubble?
Hello everyone- Please keep in mind- that this post is of my opinion only, based on my knowledge of the US economy and real estate markets. Now, this discussion about a bubble and a crash in the real estate market has...
J. Martin
How Close to the Top? - SF Bay Area Housing Affordability Analysis - (w/ Charts & Graphs!) by me
Executive Summary:Because of the real estate I own, and prospective potential purchases, I wanted to know more about where we are in the real estate cycle in the SF Bay Area. Inspired by great students and researchers...
Aaron K.
Obtaining financing when your properties are under a corporation umbrella?
This may be a basic quesstion, but I'm in the beginning stages of researching for my first investment property. For liability purposes, all of my properties will be owed by a corporation that I'll be setting up. ...
Rodney Buford
**Scam Alert** Kansas City Private Lender - Michael Treat
A gentlemen by the name of Michael Treat has joined many of the Kansas City real estate meetups (ie. Kansas City Real Estate Mentoring and Network Group) but he has joined all of local meetups and networking groups re...
Bryan Hancock
Is It Ethical To Structure Seller Financing on Wrap Transactions With the Intent to Default?
This subject has been poked around in several posts on BP and I am interested to know what others' opinions about it are. For the purpose of this thread "seller financing" is defined as follows:
1. The seller has a...