Mike Lindsey
How would you approach a potential seller?
Given the scenario that you find what could be a good rehab, wholesale, or any type of possible investment, what is the best approach to approaching the owners? Phone or in person? How would you start out the conver...
Robert Hastings
Cash out, rinse and repeat?
Assume we are speaking of rental properties. Assume the rental properties are free and clear. Assume the rental properties have tenants and they have rent paid since day one. I hear success stories about how people bu...
Chris M.
Need to get started with investing in real estate but need direction
Hi guys, I've been thinking about investing in real estate for many years now but haven't taken any real significant action. To this day I still do not own a house. Part of my problem is that I'm self-employed in a ve...
Ashley Sanchez
Cash out refi on duplex?
Hi everyone! This is my first post here :) thank you in advance for your patience! First a little background: My husband (who is a full time firefighter) and myself live in St. Petersburg, Fl. I have three small kids ...
Frederick McCree
Should I refi now or when things get back to normal?
I currently own my first investment property with aspersions to purchase my second, possibly within 4-6 months. Is it wise to refi now (for home improvements to existing property & available funds for next purchas...
Maureen Santibañez
Living in a Multi family home with zero of my own money
So I’m 18 and I plan to move out some time within June or July this year.I plan to move Into a multi family place maybe tri or quadplex. And rent out the rest to pay for everything (as much as I can). I plan to use no...
Sheila Campbell
How To Invest $48000
I recently got approved for two loans totaling $48k. I was thinking of using about $30k to pay off my car loan, credit cards, renovate current home (putting up for rent next year) . Then I would use the rest to try an...
Bob Berry
Sell and walk away, or 1031?
Hello BP peopleI find myself at on the fence, I have a owner occupied triplex in Venice CA I have owned this since 1995 the property has appreciated a lot looking at about a sale of 2.2 million My problem is that I ca...
David Dachtera
Your Take on the NE IL Housing Market
Hello, Folks,I'm looking for other folks' takes on the housing market in the suburban and Metro Chicago areas.For example, ...Rehabs and Fix-and-flips: When you went to sell, how was your time-on-market compared to wh...
Wesley L.
How to help out a friend
One of my buddiest is going through a rough time and trying to keep afloat on his mortgage payments. He's got little to no cash, mostly maxed his CCs, and is thinking about just letting his property go into foreclosur...