Amy E.
Cash Owned, but No Financing?
Because I was nervous about investing in rentals, I bought my first three properties with cash. After about a year and a half I shopped around at three different banks: the first had too high of a rate, the 2nd never...
Danny Randazzo
Starting a Meet Up, Adding Value, & Making it Count
In the Fall of 2017, I started a real estate meet up in Charleston, SC based on encouragement from a mentor. My mentor suggested I start a meet up for several reasons which are: Control your time (have the meeting wor...
Account Closed
Conundrum: Oak Park VS Berwyn IL
A lot of interesting things going on in Oak Park IL. A few years back the city made the decision to embrace high rise structures, since than upscale high density condo and apartment construction has increased signific...
Frank Kosiba
1st Post, Previous Owners Still Advertising Our Property
Good morning BP Forum, this is my first post so don't go easy and give it to me straight (this seems to be the norm here which living in the Northeast we embrace). My wife and I bought our first vacation rental from a...
Shaun R.
Your rental property criteria
Obviously you guys can't tell me exactly what criteria I should be looking for in a rental property in my area, but as I'm looking for my first investment property I'd love to hear what your criteria are when you're l...
John Patino
Question about the buy price
Hello so I'm putting together my first deal. And I was wondering, once I get my buy price. Do I give the same buy price number to both the seller and the buyer? So let's say I do the formula and get 200k buy price. Do...
Sebastian Giraldo
How to legalize your Airbnb Property (Miami, FL)
Do you remember in the beginning stages of Airbnb where it was so unusual and it was completely unregulated? When very few knew the details and profits you could make from it and when local governments weren’t involve...
Jeremy Emerson
Rental calculator help
Every time I calculate a rental, it comes back with negative cash flow, Am I doing something wrong? Here's an example. https://www.biggerpockets.com/...
Jay Martin
Cold Calling or Cold texting?
I was wondering which option was better. It seems as if I get quicker responses good or bad with cold texting but I understand cold calling is kind of the original way to do things. Any opinions on which is better and...
Arn Cenedella
I started investing in real estate before Microsoft Excel even existed!
This may blow some folks’ minds but one can make good investments without being a spreadsheet Ninja. Sacrilegious to some I know. 😀I am a contrarian when it comes to investing. I am a REAL ESTATE guy not a spreadsheet...