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Hello BP community,
I’d like to introduce myself as I’m just venturing into the BP forums. My wife Victoria and I live in St. Louis, Missouri and recently jumped into real estate investing. We purchased our first mu...
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Hi BP Family!
I am a "newbie" PRO here in the Bigger Pockets community and after lots of reading, listening, watching and learning I have finally found what I believe is a solid "Buy-and-Hold" deal. Its a Triplex ...
I'm a newbie in illinois looking to purchase my first property. Im looking for some advice. should I consider a preforeclosure or try to purchase through a auction. I would appreciate any help from the community...
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I am in Longview (East Texas) and have been intrigued with REI for about 10 years I just never had the knowledge or money to jump in and buy my first deal. About 3 years ago, with no expertise & no clue of what t...
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Hi!I thought I had it all figured out. I was going to invest my money in apartment buildings and use my cash flow to buy more apartment buildings. Now I'm not so sure. Let me back up. My goal is cash flow. I'm interes...
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Hey All,I have a few STR/MTR properties in Phoenix and I have never touched any of the rental income. Have just kept it in the bank accounts. Anyone have any opinion on when its "ok" to start using profits to pay for ...
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I've been a member of Bigger Pockets
for 10 years now. Started listening to the podcast while being a
motor coach operator for a charter company. I don't listen to the
podcast anymore and mainly read the forum stuf...
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My wife and I just bought our 4th property and we’d like to pull a HELOC on one of our investment properties as backup for our reserves and access to capital for financing deals. But we don’t know what banks offer HE...
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First question.. Buy and hold? or Flipping? With ideal situations which would you choose?Second.. What is your most successful method of finding the perfect deal? MLS?Lastly.. Is it difficult to start investing starti...
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I've heard more and more frequently in the various podcasts I listen to, that the more seasoned investors go by the general philosophy of never selling their multifamily properties. Assuming that these properties are...