Hello All,My name is Brian and I am a Licensed Real Estate Agent in the Capitol Region,  upstate NY. I am looking for a mentor who is willing to take the time and have patience to teach a newbie the ins and outs of re...

Does anyone have any suggestions on whether I should down 20% or %5 for my first rental property?

Basically I don't want to sink too much of my own personal reserves to seed this rental property but I want th...

I responded to a recent blog post from a mortgage broker urging his clients to lock rates in now. This is a common refrain from brokers that don't want clients to wait for rates to possibly decrease. Rates could obv...

:cry: I've emailed lots of agents in the San Francisco Bay Area, and found that they do not want to give out their leads, because most of them think I will take away thier commission. I even offered to give up to ...

I'm an Investor in Brooklyn, NY.I'm thinking that I would like to work as a Sales Agent towards a Broker's License eventually.After thinking about it, there might be some issues in regards to personally buying a prope...

Dear fellow Idaho landlord,
 I was contacted tonight by Senator Doug Ricks to see my thoughts about a bill idea that Senator Rabi is trying to put together that would hamper landlords. The bill idea includes:
1. M...

Good Wholesalers & Bad Wholesalers: Whats the difference?A wholesale transaction is buying something or buying the rights to something and turning around and selling it to another party, right? Synonymous to broke...

So back in 2006 my mother got advice from a successful investor that even she can invest in RE with little money. For the first deal she refinanced our house and took that seed money to buy another SFH. Meanwhile I wa...

Hi Everyone,I am hoping to get some insight from the PROs about wholesaling. I am a newbie wholesaler, however, I am also looking to do a few buy and holds this year. The reason I need to find my niche in wholesaling ...

Is there anything you want me to tell the National Association of Realtors about short sales? I'm not sure if Josh will allow me to mention another forum on BP, but I'm in an interesting discussion on LinkedIn, The N...