Frederick Parrott
How difficult is it to find private money in 2020?
As I search it appears to be difficult to find private money in NorthEast Ohio. Does anyone have tips for how to locate these individuals?
Karen Margrave
IDEAS TO FIND VACANT PARCELS?
We are developers/contractors in Orange County, CA. We want to find vacant parcels of land on which to build homes. Unfortunately, there are only a few listings of land on MLS, for a few reasons. 1 Most areas are alre...
Justin Simpkins
News: Mortgage apps 4 year low, 30-year rates 8 year high
https://www.reuters.comHowdy BP,I just want to start a general discussion about current real estate news and trends, and think input from all the savvy investors would make an interesting thread. Forgive me if this di...
Ceril S.
Property first on-site look - code violations - how to get educated
Hi BP gang!I'm still a few months out from jumping in so I am in all out research mode.I convinced my wife to go to our first open house on a 2 family today and it was kinda scary!Not scary as in we were in danger, bu...
Rick Turman
Can Basement be considered part of gross living space
I am currently under contract to sell a SFR flip here in Ohio and the buyer is questioning the square footage. We purchased the home base off MLS listing and our previous Auditor site posted as 3600 sqft 5 bd 4.5 ba ...
Bob Malecki
Need help on formulas for Excel to calc selling value of note
Hi All,I have the 10bii calculator app on my iPhone that has an "easy mode" to determine the purchase price of a note based upon entering 1. the monthly payment, 2, the remaining term in months, 3. the desired annual...
Jadde Rowe
New and young Minnesota Investor in Hopkins
Hello!I am 23 years old and looking to begin my real estate investing career in the next year. I have been educating myself through reading articles and the BP podcast as well as saving my current income. I also have ...
Timothy Busse
Zombie-slow-flip-duplex under contract . . . now what?
Due diligence during inspection period--what are we missing?We are under contract with our first duplex, that is currently tenant occupied but rotting away, which we intend to slow flip. https://www.realtor.com/reales...
Arthur Schwartz
How do rental losses work if income is over $150?
Hi there! I am interested in how rental losses work if income is over $150K and if not a real estate professional. First, I suppose that these losses can be carried forward but how are they eventually taken? Only i...
Steve K
Real estate, stock market, both?
Just curious how many people here have given up on the stock market as it relates to their retirement plans?
Given the lackluster performance of the S&P / Dow / Nasdaq over the past ten years does it even make ...