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Hello everyone,My name is Mark and I graduated from Cal Poly with a bachelor's degree in Business with an emphasis in Accounting in June 2016. For the last year, I've been working for a regional public accounting firm...
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Title says it all. Curious to hear what the lessons you all learned after your first year of landlording.
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BP!
I'm an active real estate agent and investor in the Bay Area, almost done with the BRRRR book, and excited to get started building an out-of-state investment portfolio. I have some capital and looking into gett...
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Hello BP community!This is my first post (and first day as an active BP member). First off, I live in Barcelona—actually, Sant Adrià—and I am just starting my education process to begin investing in rental properties,...
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I've been investing in Real Estate for +20 years. Started off doing major renovation on Victorian Homes and then selling, in one neighborhood. Then flipped vacant lots in another neighborhood, where I had to do a lot ...
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Contractor is a month past deadline and not even half way done with job. (Only demo..rough plumbing and some rough electrical).On my last visit to the site about 10 days ago there wan no progress from my previous visi...
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I thought I had a great deal on a 4 plex, and got 20% off the list price. We have a contract for a cash purchase. The numbers are great.The home inspection yesterday disclosed that there is vermiculite/asbestos in...
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HI BP community you ROCK! Thank you for taking the time to read and even respond:)I'm thinking about paying for some one-on-one coaching with the Michael Blank team.Has anyone specifically used Michael Blank's one-on-...
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Why don't we use this post here to ask anything you like? My expertise are wholesaling and ACTUALLY MOTIVATED seller lead generation. Not the BS everyone tells you to do like lists, driving for dollars or cold calling...
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Regardless of what the talking heads are saying, the U.S. is in a recession. I haven't seen a May this soft since the financial crisis. The calendars for our properties are filling up decently, but it is taking daily...