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Hey all!So I’m Andrew, a 28 year old college student who a little over a year ago was basically broke. However watching the stock and oil markets for some time I was able jump on once-in-a-lifetime prices, and, with v...
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Hey all,I have my 1st property under contract, it will be a rental (it is currently vacant). I'm trying to make a decision between a landlord policy or an umbrella policy and I'm leaning towards landlord policy. My in...
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I'm currently in the middle of my first deal, which is exciting. Learning something new every day. Part way into the process we decided to not purchase the house using conventional financing but instead us a commerc...
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Hello BP Family,I'm looking for some guidelines on doing STR mainly to help with tax-loss harvesting. I was primarily looking within the Bay area and figuring out it's hard to do as many cities/counties have STR regul...
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I've been doing some driving for dollars and I've gathered a decent list of properties I'm interested in with owner's names. I'm really trying to dig up some deals in this tough market. I'm embarking on my first direc...
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Hi,I am a newbie to REI. I am interested in Non Performing Notes (NPN). I have looked at FCI, Watermark, Granite and PPR. Nothing impressive to buy at the moment.I am aware that NPN are mostly traded in bulk tapes bet...
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Hello everyone,First off, I just wanted to say thanks to the BP community for helping us learn so much about real estate investing. We feel like we have all of the tools and knowledge that is needed to make our first ...
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I just wanted to throw this question out there for those who are bold enough to answer., it just occurred to me that over all the years of attending investor boot camps, rei meetings, listening to local gurus,trainers...
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Good evening BP community!I recently started doing business as a RE investor and I would like to hear from other investors out there your thoughts about filing taxes as an LLC vs an S-Corp. Taking in consideration tha...
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Hey all, I am an agent in the Chicago area (mostly South Side, South, and SW suburbs). In my 6.5 years, I have mostly focused my efforts on traditional homebuyers and sellers. Considering that I want to get started an...