Ron Tehrani
BRRRR - How to finance the initial purchase with no money down?
Hello everyone,My name is Ron and I am new to real estate investing. I have noticed that some say you can buy properties by using OPM, including hard money lenders. When I did some research, I found that hard money le...
Clay Smith
Choosing a Paint Color and Brand
What color do you use? I have seen a lot of this brownish color. What color is this anyways? What do you use and where do you buy your paint? Home Depot, Lowes, Porter's Paint, Dupont, etc? Does it even matter?
Allie Bloyd
How much of your profits should you invest back in the business?
Hi Everyone,I was curious as to what you thought. How much of your profits do you invest back into the business? I read a book that says you should invest profits in 6 buckets:1. Taxes2. Growth Capital3. Directly into...
Jeff Cua
Bay Area garage to kitchen contractors?
Hi all,
Does anyone in the bay area have any recommendations for a contractor for a garage the kitchen conversion? Thanks
Miguel Garcia
Just Starting out
I am just starting out in real estate investing, I have tried to educate myself as much as I could, I have attended seminars and purchased books but I am the type of person that I learn by working on it and learnin...
Beth L.
Temporary mailbox solution
For all you handymen (and ladies)...A snow plow apparently knocked the mailbox over at one of my properties. Miraculously, the mailbox is fine. It is one of the large plastic ones that slide down over a 4 x 4 cemented...
Brian Wolf
Newbie: Could impending recession doom a first deal?
Hello All,Im a newbie and trying to plan, learn and research so that I'm ready when the capital and opportunity arise for my first deal. Part of me wants to dive in and start finding ways (loans/partnerships) to stret...
Josh Morrow
Google Announces $1 billion for 20,000 Bay Area homes
Just in today: Google has announced that they will be making a $1 billion investment in Bay Area housing over the next 10 years. Originally found the announcement on Google's company blog.What do you all think about t...
Justin Glotzbach
Rental property reserves strategy
Wondering about a couple different strategies for handling repairs, capex, and vacancy. From what I've read and heard from BiggerPockets, it's a good idea to set aside a certain percentage of the rent each month to co...
Travis Richardson
Out-of-state land purchase
My girlfriend and I are looking at buying land out-of-state within 1-2 weeks. We are having trouble understanding what institution is ideal for getting a loan, securing pre-approval, etc.
We were given a rate from...