Rhyna Orillaneda
1st time to invest in rentals. what to do if $600,000 in cash?
Have a house in San Jose, Ca. Planning to sell. Will have $600,000 equity after I sell. Planning to buy apartment units cash in an area with good cash flow. Will this be a good idea to buy cash? I just realized that y...
Neil Schall
Newbie Investor tax strategy
Hello Bigger Pockets, I'm looking for tax planning advice for starting out and I want to jump into both fix and flip and rental. I am currently working on a deal for two properties with a private seller who will fi...
Gary Northcutt
Trying to understand commercial lending for a 5 family
I keep here you guys talking about commercial lenders not looking at personal finances just the property but why does all the lenders I'm talking to want my personal finances and a personal guarantee on the loan? The ...
Amy Wan
Real Estate Syndications for raises under $1M
From my research, it usually costs a minimum of $10K (and sometimes several times that) for a securities attorney to draft offering documents (PPMs and the sort) for real estate syndications, which means that deals be...
Bryan Hancock
Goodwill When Qualifying Accredited Investors
When you are qualifying accredited investors and advising them about how to fill out their subscription agreements do you use a standard procedure for letting them know how to value their goodwill?
Do any of our resi...
Shania Hill
Newbie from Maryland
Hello BP. I'm new to this forum and to real estate investing. I'm a Social Worker from Maryland who eventually wants to be financially free. I love what I do with children and families, but I'd much rather be a vol...
Frank Husted
Accidental Landlord, Looking to Get Serious!
Hello Everyone!,I just found BP in the last 6 months and began listening to podcasts while "commuting" 6 hours each way from Atlanta to Raleigh-Durham. I'm now only commuting 1 hour back in Atlanta, which is great be...
Kelly G.
landscaping damage - sfh - milw wi
I have a SFH in Milwaukee. My lease agreement very clearly states that tenants are not to trim or remove any landscaping (trees/bushes mostly). So my tenants had to go (repeated late rent) and when I got 'home' to s...
Mike S.
Roth 401k vs deductible 401k + conversion
I was usually using option 1, but I was recently introduced to option 2 and would like to get feedback on its caveats:Option 1:- Contribute to the Roth portion of a 401k (lets assume $50k)- Invest this $50k in a syndi...
Josh Richter
Conventional Mortgage
So I was going to buy a house to live in myself, I got approved for a conventional Mortgage but I never found anything I liked. I've been looking into real estate investing for a awhile, am I able to use that approva...