Alright BP, I have been developing a plan for almost a year now for my start in real estate investing. I am very excited to share this plan with all of you, expecially those wanting to use verterans benefits to their ...
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Hey BP Community:
I'm about to purchase my first rental property (will start offering mid-April when all my financing, cash reserve, and 2nd reserve source--i.e. heloc is in place). Finalizing my plan of action and ...
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So I bought my dads property, it came with a tenant who has lived there since the day he bought it 30 years ago. He never raised rent, it’s at $400/month. The unit isn’t very nice, she’s a smoker and there’s nicotin...
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Hello, amazing community!! So I have a question and I want the most blunt response, when starting out with investments how do I look at debt? I have started getting into business credit and I've been told when getting...
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I've been thinking what people would do (or rather, what's the best thing to do) when they receive a lump sum of money for whatever reason.
Would you...
1. Pay off your primary residence (90-100%), and invest the re...
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My dad sent me this article today: https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-11-04/millennials-should-be-happy-they-are-stuck-rentingWhich one of you wrote this?!
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I'm hoping to get some perspective from people here on an experience I'm having in current markets. I would like to put some money into a property that can bring in some cash flow, or at least break even, and I want t...
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I'm a realtor in Oregon. My principle broker last week dropped a bomb on us, saying that balloon payments are going (have gone?) bye bye, and that most people who are going to carry notes on their own properties, will...
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I have a strategy I call out of state turnkey residential investing or "OOS TK SFR". We have all our properties in this model and have great experiences for several year now. When I speak to people here on BP, a lot o...