Ozzy Ordonez
the stock market has one huge advantage from real esta
Hi all, I have been a stock options tradee and a real estate investor and one huge advantage on trading the stock market is that you dont have to spend hundreds of hours looking for a deal( and time is money right) In...
Bobby Holley
How to Buy a Friend's Home
A friend of mine recently took a job that will move him from Atlanta to Charleston, SC. He has lived in a nearby neighborhood for 20 years. His home is very dated and probably one of the worst looking homes in the s...
Steve A.
crowdfunding for alternative assets similar to CrowdStreet
Hello all,Mods feel free to move if this is in the wrong forum. Thanks to Jay Hinrichs I discovered the beauty of syndication deals for passive income, diversification, and heavy hitting returns. I’m addicted. Shortly...
Sean Llewellyn
Should I walk or am I overthinking?
Hey everyone!I am in the process of purchasing my first investment property! It is a three family home, I plan on living in one of the units while the other two units already have tenets. I am currently under contract...
Ivan Jenkins
Applying Fair Housing Standards to Criminal Records?!?
I logged on to my local MLS today and noticed a new message with an attachment from the US Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) that speaks (in general) about how almost 1/3 of the US population has a criminal ...
Andrew McManamon
Investing in Bitcoins
Hello BP,
I’ve seen numerous investors preach to invest in bitcoin. I thought I’d ask the BP community on whether or not it would be a good idea to do so. Some people say it’ll be a “trend” that’ll end, others say the...
Ingrid Nagy
Some battles in landlording
We see a lot of posts related to leasing, screening tenants, increasing cash flows, analyzing investments, etc. - the positives of rental real estate. Sometimes we encounter situations or the unexpected that we have ...
William Jenkins
Wireless Ground Leases - Q&A
I develop wireless towers for the major carriers in the Midwest, and recently joined the bigger pockets community. I have been in the business now for about 10 years and I though I would share a little of what I know...
Account Closed
How does money laundering work in a real estate investment firm?
I AM NOT ASKING FOR ADVICE ON HOW TO DO ANYTHING ILLEGAL! Lol.I used to know someone whose dad owned a real estate investment firm that had 5.5 billion of assets.They told me that there is a lot of money laundering th...
Ladan Ballai
Previous Owner didn't include actual lease, only Estoppel...
Title doesn't do much justice, sorry!tl;dr The previous owners were terrible landlord's and lost the lease. During the sale of the house, they "made up" a lease and Estoppel that forgot to mention that they collected ...