Some background before I post - I am a tax guy - started at Ernst & Young in 1993 and have been in the tax business since. My full time day job is to argue with tax auditors.I have a situation that I'm curious ho...
I have been looking at turnkey investment companies lately for out of state investing. One of the common themes is that there may be a discrepancy between the asking price and the appraised value(possibly higher) So...
I'm looking to buy a cash flow SFH in the Atlanta area with 8% CAP rate and 10% CoC return. However, the appraised value is only 80% of purchase price ($100K) so I'll have to kick in $15K extra cash to close with a tr...
Hello,I was contacted by a friend who wants to invest in flipping houses and me to do the work. He would basically be a silent investor, I would put together a bid to get the work done and pick and choose the work i w...
Thank you @J Scott for starting the new construction diary. It's been our inspiration to do one of our own now. In this thread we are going to track the progress of our first Crowd Funded new construction project in...
@Matthew Irish-Jones started what I think is a discussion of great worth while I was on my most recent vacation. I highly recommend it to everyone who's thinking about starting out:https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums...
I need a solution for managing real estate leads for my direct mail campaigns in a database. I need to be able to constantly upload new leads, names, and addresses. I want to be able to manage the duplicates. I need t...
Hello! I am a real estate newbie who is interested in STRs in well established vacation areas. I have been scouting the forums on the topic, listening to podcasts, reading books, and reaching out to BP members. I am t...
I am in the midwest, I refinanced my house and pulled some cash out, I am curious how some of you would go about investing it in real estate (or other means).
Found this company while looking around online for something else, a company called fortress investment out of AZ, say they give you rented out properties for 7500 bucks and then you just have to refi it to get it in ...