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Hi All, I am new to real estate investing and am looking for ways to help help me expand my knowledge and experience in the business as I look to grow my portfolio (currently have two properties, one ground-up, one fl...
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Hey all--I know I've been MIA from the MTR forums; I had to take a few minutes to pop out some twins, and my free time is pretty limited because of said twins. But I did finally finish rehabbing and furnishing my firs...
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Hello all! I am gearing up for my second RE purchase and I would really like to engage the BRRRR strategy. I have been focusing my search for about 6 months on the Grand Rapids, MI market, however I have been running ...
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Folks, I am ready to start working on my next deal. I have two realtors that have setup an automatic MLS search, I have been scouring the internet sites and I even started networking with some like minded investors in...
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This was a convo my family had around the dinner table last night as some are leasing and some are buying their car. I was wondering what the BP community thought about leasing a car. Lets make the assumption that you...
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Hi all,I'm a flipper and the houses I flip usually takes $50k-60k to fix. In my contracts, I always withhold 10% until the house is sold and final home inspection has passed. It usually cost 1k-5k to fix issues that a...
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What is Hard Money & Why Would You Use it?A hard money loan (also known as a private money, rehab, equity-based or bridge loan) is a specific type of asset-based loan financing through which a borrower receives fu...
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Hey hey hey, BiggerPocketeers!We’ve been working on something really cool for the last few months, and I’m super excited to announce it here. BiggerPockets Premium is now live for agents, hard money lenders, and any i...
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Biggerpockets Team,I have been in the education portion of my real estate journey and will continue to be on this educational push until August rolls around. I will be moving to the North Dallas area to be closer to f...