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Hi BP community,
Just curious if anyone has attended Than Merrill's Real Estate class and what they thought of it. It is advertised as a free 2hr class about flipping houses in the New Jersey area. Thanks for any inpu...
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I've just started marketing to evictions in my area and I'm actually finding two other ways to increase my marketing at the same time. Luckily I live in a state that has most resources online (Virginia), in Pennsyl...
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I recently bought my first home with a conventional loan near the end of 2022. I've been setting it up to rent out part of the house through Airbnb while living in the other half. I've done some research into the tax ...
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I became a Pro Member only two and half weeks ago. I made the commitment immediately after joining a webinar hosted by Brandon Turner (How a Newbie Can Start Building Wealth Through Real Estate). It has been one of th...
A year ago I decided to wanted to become a real estate investor after reading Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki , and I had no idea how to get started in this arena. I drive for work and decided to turn my...
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I found a decent property being sold for under $40k. The wholesaler is requiring a nonrefundable $5k earnest money due upon signing of contract. But by email, we agreed to a 3 day inspection period. Does this mean I n...
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Since Dwolla is transitioning to an api and not a service, I'm looking at using cozy instead. With Dwolla, I've conditioned my tenants to expect a request on the 24th and usually all of them will begin the payment wi...
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So, I've got however many colleagues on my list and I was wondering the other day what do I really know about these people?
I wasn't too busy at the moment so I went into my colleague list and randomly called like 5 ...
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Hello BP,First and foremost I would like to thank you all for the continuous stream of content that I have been learning from for over a year.I have learned so much from you all. Every time i ever had a question prior...
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I've been told that once an MLS short sale has been approved, you can make an offer slightly lower (maybe a few thousand) than the approved price and it will still go through relatively quickly (as opposed to an unapp...