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Hello everyone! My name is Josh Ricord and I am a recent Biomechanics and MBA graduate and retired student athlete as of 2023. I am currently in my first year of my W2 job (post graduation), and after a year of listen...
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Hi BP Community,I'm considering doing a high end redesign and addition to an 1800 sf SFH. I'd like to gut and redesign the existing first floor of the house and add a 1400 - 1500sf second floor for a total living ar...
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Would anyone like to explain to me some of the benefits\drawbacks of both of these types of investments? It seems to me that when starting out, REI seems to require far more money than investment in stocks.
I read t...
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Very frustrated... we have fair-poor credit, excellent employment, and want to buy a house $399k, can put up to 20% down, buying a primary residence, but cannot get even a pre-approval letter. What are we doing wrong...
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Sell or rent, that’s the question.
We have a single family home in a small town outside of Charleston, SC that we bought a year ago.
The house is not a great rental. It is very big. 6 bedrooms, 3400 sq ft and 3 stor...
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All right, I need some help.
I have the opportunity to bid on a property that has been reduced on price about 17.6%. It has been on the market since December. It is a 24 unit apartment complex with a contract with ...
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Hi BiggerPockets,
If seller breaks the P&S contract on the closing day, will the seller be responsible for all the closing fee, inspection fee and appraisal?
I know by law they have to give back the...
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How many of you rehab, invest etc... in real estate full time? I have currently a full time job, have not made a deal yet and I'm wondering how most people make the jump over. Is it just leap of faith?
Needless to sa...
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Hi there, I posted this elsewhere, but I see that in this forum people have more experience with REO purchases. I am looking at a FNMA owned home, and may put an offer for it. Problem is, I am not sure what they expec...
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Was on another post and the question was asked, "What is a good COC for B and C self storage." The following discussion relates just to drive up B/C self storage locations. More than 80% of these are owned by Mom/Po...