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Vanessa Peters Rookie Mistake with Insurance and my uninsurable FLIP
23 March 2016 | 5 replies

ROOKIE MISTAKE!!!  Just telling my tale hoping someone will give me some advice or hoping this will help someone else.  We bought our first property.  Yeah!!!  We've been planning on doing this for awhile.  I contacte...

Account Closed Quitting everything for full-time investing, big mistake?
2 August 2024 | 19 replies

I recently decided to become a full-time real estate investor but quickly realized the amount of time I have on my hands. I’m in the process of getting my license and Ive been doing DMs, barely going outside. What are...

Lee V. Did I make a mistake purchasing this home?
21 November 2017 | 20 replies

Hi all,I purchased my first property earlier this year. It is a triplex set up. However, it’s quite Unique. It’s 3 single family homes (bungalow style) on one piece of land. The homes do not share any walls. I’m livin...

Jimmy Sont Loan Company made a mistake, what to do?
26 October 2024 | 7 replies

Hi everyone, I was notified by my loan company that they made an issue 4 months ago when closing and they put down my personal name instead of my business name for the signature. They would like me to sign a new docum...

Jordan Wagner Creative financing vs. my future mistake, which is which?
29 August 2017 | 2 replies

Hi all,So I have an off market deal in my 16801 market that I want to go in on as a buy and hold due to the ability to make it cash flow positive way higher than it currently is, hopefully on day 1 but at the worst wi...

Troy Luster What Mistakes Did You Make On Your First Purchase
13 September 2017 | 0 replies

Looking back, my first deal was horrible.  I was fresh out of college and just knew after paying rent for 3-4 years, I just had to buy.  I didn't negotiate.  I didn't get an inspection.  I didn't ask for repairs.  My ...

Jessica Mayo Better to Learn from my Mistakes While I’m Young!
1 May 2018 | 0 replies

I’m curious is anyone has experience getting someone off of an FHA loan and replacing them with someone else.

I’ve been listening to the podcasts and absorbing all of the information I can for over a year now. I’m 2...

Denise B. EM Deposit mistake holding up mortgage approval - need ideas!
17 May 2012 | 4 replies

Hi!
My husband put a duplex under contract for $225K. He wants to finance 75% and submitted the mortgage application with all requested documentation. He has strong W-2 income, excellent credit, a bank statement sho...

Anthony Buccanero Positive Cash-Flowing Properties And The Mistakes Rookies Make
21 May 2021 | 0 replies

Hello BiggerPockets Fam, I created this post to gather some feedback regarding mistakes that rookies tend to make when getting into positive cash-flow real estate investing.  With my wife and I being new to this side ...

Chris Seveney Latest Trend (Mistakes) To Flush Out Uneducated Note Investors
29 November 2021 | 4 replies

OK, I am known to go on rants - but I have been told I add value by keeping it real and letting people know what I see going on in the note space. A recent trend I am seeing is sellers posting notes with a Total Payof...