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I have no experience with real estate investing and currently rent. My background is in software engineering. I found this site when googling about multi-family properties.One idea I have is to purchase a multi-family...
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Hello everyone, my name is Clinton. I have recently starting taking the first steps toward a future in real estate with my friend and partner. We plan to build capital with fix and flips as well as our regular jobs. A...
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Hello I am new to the Wonderful World of Real Estate Investing. I live in Southfield Mi. I am looking for
local REI clubs and associations. Are there any in my area?
I am excited about all the awesome opportuniti...
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I am running into a roadblock with my current financial institution opening an equity line of credit on a property in my rental portfolio.
I have roughly 90-100k in equity and the lender is saying it won’t be possi...
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Questions from a newbie regarding REIAs
1) I am probably a ways away from looking from my first deal. In just focusing on education right now. Should I be looking to go to investment associations at this point?
2) A...
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Hi all,I purchased a 5-unit property last December. The property consists of a farmhouse converted to 4 1-bedroom units and a single-family home on a 5.5-acre lot in a semi-rural suburb of Buffalo, NY. I ran into some...
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I’m looking to get financing on a mixed use property (355,000) - Apartment upstairs, commercial space first floor. All vacant as they just re-did it all. My intention is to rent upstairs (1,800) and use the downstairs...
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Can someone advise me on how to find leads to 2-4 unit properties that fit the 2% rent to purchase price and 50% operating expense rule in an area that is not a warzone.
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Hey Everyone,Can seller back out after accepting our offer via text message. Next morning, We sent over the PA which they wanted us to mail. We didn’t hear back in 4 days. When we called, seller told us they decided t...
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Hello, I am fairly new here on BP. However, I have been investing in real estate since 2002. I have been doing syndications on some of my ground up development projects, the old fashion way through friends and famil...