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When you are just starting out with purchasing properties to turn into rentals. Where should I start? What are the basic steps? Is there a beginners guide I can reference? What is the ideal credit score lenders are lo...
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We are really ramping up marketing and one niche we are targeting are divorces. Has anyone had success mailing to this market? Are there
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I need your feedback on our situation. So we closed today 06/30 for a single family home owner occupied about 0.24 acre lot area. The seller told us 5 days ago that she will need to stay until 07/3 to clear up her s...
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Hello,
I am a senior in college finishing up my last semester. In July I am starting my career in investment banking in Chicago.
During this downtime I have invested nearly all of my time into learning about real es...
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We are in escrow on a duplex zoned R2 that has a detached garage that was converted into an additional unit without permits. The housing department states that it needs a new certificate of occupancy because it's no l...
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Aloha BP! So I finally closed on my first rental property on Friday, December 22 after nearly 15 months of educating myself with content from books, YouTube videos and podcasts. The property is a small multi-family...
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I'm one of the newbies here, but from what I've read in the forum and blog, my interest in Farmland and Timberland puts me squarely in the minority... As a conservative contrarian in most matters, I'm very comfortable...
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Ok, we are up to post 9, I am just about to begin some real construction work now. I have to gloss over a lot of detail work to get this material up, I havent touched on the hours of details, plans, permits, etc. ba...
On this inspiring episode of the BiggerPockets Podcast, we sit down with real estate entrepreneur Andrew Cushman to learn how he went from a full-time job as a chemical engineer to a house flipper and finally a real e...
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Please list your REO situation: Who the Bank was, list price, the offers you submitted, any counters and finally the acceptance price.
My goal is to give all of our BP friends a leg up in approaching their next REO...