I am a local investor and I invest heavily in the Cleveland area. But I'm seeing a lot of out of state investors coming and buying here. I use to honestly get a little upset because I was feeling it was going to make ...

What Could Possibly Go Wrong? A Cautionary Tale for Newbies and Not-So-NewbiesThis post is intended to share some observations gained from more than a decade as a real estate investor, and to offer some words of cauti...

I'm new to real-estate investing and I'm trying to understand the difference between the different forms of investing
I want to play this RE game for the long-term and have the portfolio benefit from appreciation, de...

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I have owned a single-family home in West Virginia for 11 years, and have operated it as a rental for most of that time. I decided to get rid of it year and finally got it locked up under contract with a...

There is an abandoned 5 unit property that needs a complete gut and renovation. It is about 2500 sq feet. How much do you think something like that would cost, and more importantly, where could I find financing ...

Hi BP members!! This will be our first post so please bare with us. So we received a call from a lady working for Renatus called Christina and she offered the mentoring we were looking for. She asked a series of quest...

We had the REIA meeting yesterday. DBPR was kind enough to send an investigator down and cover the topic: what constitutes unlicensed brokering. She did address one specific case where the file has been turned over to...

Hi all! I’ve been debating on whether to post this or not....
My fiancé has been unsupportive of my real estate journey. I start talking about real estate and he just tunes me out And doesn’t say anything. I told him...

One of the most common questions newbie real estate investors ask is:"I am a newbie and I want to raise private money to buy deals. How can I do it?"I will answer it using my personal experience. I started investing i...

There was a recent question posed in another forum asking investors what they look for in a Realtor to work with.

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