Hello all,I would appreciate any insight / thoughts people have about this topic. I grew up with real estate being in my family. My parents currently own four investment properties in addition to the home they live in...
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For those of you guys that still have day jobs... Does your employer know about your REI. I would like to hear the pros and cons of both sides. I will go first. My employer is fully aware that I am investor and close ...
Hello BP!I am a newbie investor, and long time BP Lurker. I have been interested in real estate for years, and thanks to a random influx of cash I am now finally ready to get started with my first property. My plan is...
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I recently had a post "Out of State Investing-SCAM! False promise land of cash flow".https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/88/topics/351...I may have given the wrong message that out of state investing is not a good wa...
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We bought a home in Pasadena from a wholesaler with the intention of doing a fix and flip. They had a contract with the 83 year-old seller saying she could stay in the property for 15 days after COE, to which we also ...
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Hello everyone,
This forum has been invaluable to me. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
I live in CA, and I'm looking at a duplex out of state. No way could I afford anything around here.
Anyway, the duplex ...
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I have been aging an LLC for a few years. I want to start buying property. how many properties can I safely have under the LLC and seperate myself from liability? Should I have the LLC as the holding company of sev...
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I have been hammering away at trying to start a fix and flip real estate business of single homes in the Chicago market. I have tried pursuing several avenues to identify opportunity including knocking on homeowne...
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I have been marketing to sellers which cost $$$I spoke to a local wholesaler that markets others deals to her buyers list. He told me he spends most of his time marketing for buyers. In fact there two big wholesalers ...
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Hey real estate pros (I'll define that as: those who have done at multiple deals and been in the game for at least a year)
So I'm thinking it might be cool to write a short "community book" to give away to new invest...