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Does anyone know whether there is already an article somewhere on BP about how to become a private lender? I have some cash that I want to put to work, but I do not know how to start out as a private lender, what t...
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As I am in the process of getting educated and either finding a lender who will lend to me, or a partnership/other sort of creative way to buy, I had a total "how the hell am i going to do this moment" last night that...
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"from 1890 to 1990. The American dream of building wealth through homeownership is a FALLACY. That was the bubble thinking but its still fresh in our minds."
Robert Shiller, Economist Yale University, and c...
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Hi,I have potential tenants (husband and wife) interested in renting out my 3 bedrooms home who will use one bedroom as their primary residence and rent out other rooms through Airbnb in Los Angeles. They sent me thei...
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Hi all,It seems some property managers look to charge one months rent to find a tenant, on top of the 10% of rent collected. Is that normal? It seems that a property manager should be incentivised to keep tenants long...
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I've posted about this before but I don't feel that a reasonable and sufficient conclusion was ever reached, at least not on my part.I have not yet done any deals. I currently work 8-5, have about 30k in the bank, and...
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I found a listing on a bank REO website a couple of months ago on a property we could afford to pay cash for. it is NOT listed on the MLS. Our agent took us to view the property the day after it was listed on the we...
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Hey there, My name is Logan and I am new to Bigger Pockets. My first question for the BP community is about taking more advanced Rich Dad Education ( now called "Legacy Education") courses. I went to the free semina...
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Hello BP,I think this topic would be fun to discuss. If you guys we paid 300k to quit your day job and invest what would you do? Leverage it? Flip? Flip Apartments? BRRR? ouse hack? and why?
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Good evening all,I've been a member of the site for a good amount of time now and have just kind of "paid attention" to a lot of the discussion on here. I am planning to start up an LLC and start investing in rentals ...