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I'm a newbie, and recently attended my local DFW Real Estate Investment club this Saturday. I heard this interesting idea about a buy and hold philosophy in relation to vacancy:
Most investors don't own enoug...
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I learned so many lessons on my first flip. I bought this house in July 2016 from a wholesaler in Ogden, Utah. I wanted to share some of the most valuable lessons in case they helped someone else out in their real est...
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Hi Everyone,This is my first post on Bigger Pockets and I'm looking forward to learning from all you real estate experts! My name is Cory and I'm and active (part-time) real estate investor. I live in Utah but focus...
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I'm analysing cities for buying my first rental. During my search I came across 6+ listings from the same seller all with tenant in place making some amount of cashflow, some of them even making $500+ cashflow(by Bran...
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My opening statement is: I have finally walked the plank, closed a HUD foreclosure a on December 9th, and have been wading deep into this project. Ive talked about doing something like this for awhile now, but lacked...
I am terrible at understanding ROI. In my bottom-line thinking, there's either profit or there is not. Assuming I'm using my own funds, I understnd there's ROI when I buy and sell, but how do I figure ROI when I add...
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so, some people I attend church with told me last year they were investors. I shared I wanted the same , so they let me use their real estate book. Last week, they offered to wholesale to me my first deal. Question: d...
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Hi all, I'm trying to get my first wholesale deal done - it's been a long process with the sellers disappearing for months on end. My attorney (first time I used him) insisted I put the "able to assign" in the contrac...
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I saw a post on Twitter that I had to respond to . . . of course, the response and initial post are priceless, IMO.
First Tweet:
If a home is listed for $25k, assume it's a fixer-upper. No need to email me and ask fo...
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I am interested in buying a non-performing note of a property in California that is tied up in BK and has been abandoned for several months. Ultimately I would like to foreclose and acquire the property. The former ow...