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I’ve been looking into RETA deals (Real Estate Trend Alert) from International Living. The lead guy, Ronan McMahon, presents some compelling deals. I am curious though, if these deals are as sweet as they sound...I’m ...
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I read that rents are down at least 3% in the hot markets of SF, NYC and Boston? Any landlord in these areas care to comment? If so, how does that affect the decisions to buy rental properties in these metros as the t...
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What is stopping you from investing in real estate? Is it time? Money? Lack of experience? Or maybe even limited deals?My husband and I have been there. Done that. Failed. And then…. kept going to our recent close on ...
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OK so going to post as one of the HATED contractors!
First as explained on the podcast there are three tiers of contractors.
The cheap....Probably one guy with or without a license who works for foo...
I can't count how many times I have heard that:$-credit doesn't matter, it's the deal$-no one checks your credit in this game$-It's so easy to find lenders no matter your credit history$-Hard money lenders care about ...
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Like the title says, I have recently discovered Bigger Pockets and am so excited to have found a community/forum of likeminded investors!I have been “flirting” with the idea of Multifamily RE investing for 6 months no...
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Hi guys,
I was just speaking to my brother via skype a few minutes ago.
He's in Australia.
I tell him Im planning on doing a road trip to Cleveland to check out some properties.
I explain to him that there are pro...
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For those of you that buy and hold in college towns do you see this fall as...A. The same old housing market, all the students will be back. Sunshine and rainbows for everyoneB. Buying opportunity. This is the Thursda...
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Hi, BP family. Quick question..We found a property being sold as is for 25k. However there’s a mold issue (not severe). Work needed is 8k.ARV is 63k. I believe I can leverage the fact that there’s mold to lower the as...
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I’ve always been the laziest person I know. By far. From childhood, I never really saw the point of having a job. I knew some people didn’t have jobs, but made a ton of money and did whatever they wanted. I just figur...