How do I deal with the professional investors at the local auctions - Southbay, Los Angeles. How should I expect the so called 7-Angels to react to my bidding and would i have a better chance of success buying from on...

Real estate sales are on the rise. Foreclosure inventory is down. As a result, purchasing properties both for rentals and to flip is becoming more competitive in most parts of the country. I've had several friends ...

In large markets what is anyone doing to compete with the guys that have a 20K per month marketing budget. Here in the Dallas Fort Worth area there are multiple Homevestor operations that spend this much or more. What...

Hey all, looking for recommendations/referrals for a tax strategist and tax advisor / CPA. Preferably remote so I’m not tied to any particular location. Ideally someone that has experience in real estate investments (...

Morning All,Branching off a previous thread (linked below), consideration of a multi-family strategy has come around again. Not my current focus (SFR), due to a few primary reasons:Higher transience = more issuesLower...

I got put into a position today that I wasn’t expecting. I spoke to the daughter of a property owner whom I had lost spoken to about 3 months ago, her mother unfortunately has recently passed and now she wants to sell...

Hi BP,Man, I have a competative market! A property in my area was listed last night at 6:00PM. I first saw the listing at 8:00 and email the listing agent because I figured it was too late to call. In the email I said...

I have put in multiple offers for 4 unit properties using the VA home loan only to get beat out by cash buyers. On a property asking price of 325k, I offered 330k w/ escalation clause of 5k over highest bidder up to 3...

I keep finding incredible properties and have been preapproved for a fix and flip type loan (with 20% down) but can’t get any offers accepted! My realtor (who works with other investors in my area as well) told me tha...

A bit annoyed here.  I bid on an auction hosted by H&M.  I bid $235k and was highest bidder when auction ended.  Then, new clock started ticking saying I was "outbid" and had 3 minutes left to enter a higher bid b...