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Hi! Finally in a place where I have financing available and motivated to purchase out of state.Goal is to keep purchase price down (lower risk intro purchase) and secure some connections in the potential market.Lookin...
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Hello, I'm just beginning to learn about real estate investing and am having difficulty deciding on whether to buy my own condo here in Los Angeles as my first property, or to invest in cash flow rentals in Phoenix or...
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Hey guys and gals,
I know it might not be a huge deal but after checking out properties for over a year and making many offers, I finally had my first accepted! Duplex in Garfield, Bergen county. 2x 2/1 with a finish...
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How We Bought Our First House with No Money Down, Got $7,300 at Closing, and Added Over $120,000 in Value Immediately!Hi There BP Community! I am excited to share you this story about how my wife and I bought our firs...
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I've recently had some great discussion with a fellow tax lien investor and I've been researching liens more and more. Come to find some potentially quetionable ethical calls made and I'm curious to hear what others b...
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Hello Everyone!I am closing on my first rental property (SFR) next week and I plan on self-managing. It is also worth mentioning that I plan to acquire five additional SFR's by year end and to continue to scale up fr...
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What are people using for booking. AirBnB, VRBO, or both? Am I missing something with VRBO only being $399 per year? Thanks,
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I'm hoping to get some insight from others in the community who have experience with private lenders. Has anyone worked with Allen Capital LLC (based out of Dallas, TX)? I've recently started to look into possibly us...
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Hello BP Community,My boyfriend and I are considering a flip and would like to get feedback from this amazing community. Our backstory: we are interested in flipping so we can build up our capital reserves and then mo...
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Hello, Folks,I'm looking for others interested in starting up a Joliet-area REIA.Most of the known groups meet up in the western suburbs - Lombard, Elmhurst, Villa Park, even as far out as Crystal Lake. That's a might...