Kimberly T.
Can "having a job" be part of your tenant screening criteria?
Hear me out.
Let's say part of your screening criteria is a minimum of 3x rent as income. In CA and some (all?) other states, you cannot discriminate based on source of income. That means if the prospective...
Account Closed
How I Made Millions Investing In Real Estate - Common Questions & Answers
List of Teaching - what you should know
New people ask all the time, "What now? and "How do I Do This . . ."and they Say, “I have Analysis Paralysis" and "I’m Just Getting into Real Estate" and "How Do I get Started"...
Pete Harper
Do I Qualify as a Real-estate Professional?
I'm investigating if I qualify as a RE Professional for the IRS. I'm retired with no W2 income. Primary income is from real estate, investments, pensions and IRA. We currently own 38 units held in LLCs and privatel...
James Z.
Newbie question from a first-time investor
Hi all - I'm just getting started in real estate investing. I have not yet attempted to buy my first property. I understand mortgage basics, but the most real-world experience I have with loaned resources is my car...
Chris Greene
DIRECT MAIL (CHARLOTTE, NC)
Hi. My name is Chris and I am new in the real estate investing game. I have been practicing law for the last 18+ years and now looking for a career change. I am hoping to find someone in the Charlotte, NC area who cou...
Kelly Martinez
Sourcing Properties as a buyer ex-wholesaler......
I used to wholesale, on a bootstrap budget, did well mostly focused direct to seller on pre-foreclosures. Now that I'm jumping back into real-estate and I'm buying not wholesaling I thought well 'this is going to be e...
Lindsay Wilcox
Assembling a Flipping Team
If I were trying to assemble a house-flipping team, what kinds of specialists would I need? I have a few listed below, but there are probably quite a few more I'm missing!
Real estate attorney or(/and?) CPA
Real esta...
Rohan D.
California Realtor cannot give rental comps?
I have a friend who is looking at potential homes in NorCal as an investment. It surprised me when he told me "his realtor does not have lease comps or rental comps" for a certain neighborhood he is currently looking ...
Malcolm Kruger
Single Family Portfolio Buying
Do you have any advice/ideas on how to source portfolio's of real estate?I run acquisitions for a SFR aggregator executing a long-term buy-and-hold strategy, focused on value-add single-family homes and we currently h...
Kevin L Owens
How to Find Lenders
Hi BP community, being new to REI and preparing myself to get my first property I wanted to ask how to go about seeking lenders. Do investors get preapproved from multiple sources or multiple types of lending? Ther...