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Bienes Raices Question about getting a real estate license to do flipping, etc.
24 June 2012 | 52 replies

I was thinking about getting my RE license just so that I could obtain MLS access and have an advantage over other buyers, but there were a few things I was wondering about:

1) Is there a long lag time from the time ...

Jeffrey Lester What exactly makes REI risky?
11 July 2014 | 48 replies

Hello, everyone! I have been reading like a mad man, and I feel like I have a pretty solid understanding of financing, renting, selling, controlling the properties you buy and a variety of other techniques and investm...

Lynaire McGovern Why is Tobyhanna real estate declining in value so fast?
18 March 2017 | 47 replies

I live in California and I have been looking for a place to invest that has cheaper homes than the $500,000 homes where I live. I have searched all over using Zillow and one of the states I am considering investing in...

James NA “ DEALS” that absolutely are not deals for the investor buyer
21 February 2024 | 27 replies

I learned and evolved in a different real estate universe.The rules we were taught and lived by… were the SAME rules that ALL of the REIAs  and ALL of the Mentors espoused.1) DONT BUY A PROPERTY THAT HAS LESS THAN 25%...

Tasha Barnes Out of State Investing - Please share the good, the bad, the ugly
14 September 2022 | 57 replies

Hello BP Family, I'm in Charlotte and the home prices have sky-rocketed so I'm contemplating purchasing investment prop. in my hometown (Buffalo, NY), Detroit, Michigan or Toledo Ohio. I don't have have a ton of exper...

Dustin M. Investing in Mobile Homes after June 1 HUD Safe Act
1 November 2013 | 56 replies

Hi,

Does anyone have any strategies in place for mobile home investing after June 1st when the HUD Safe Act starts which will eliminate almost all seller financing? I was really hoping to try mobile home investing th...

Robert Quiroz Buying with cash vs financing
2 December 2024 | 33 replies

Hello All,I will have around $1M in capital that I'm looking to generate 8-10% CoC returns for the purpose of replacing active income.  I've decided to go the financing route to protect the value of that $1M against i...

Philip Abbey Paying off debt vs. investing in real estate
26 July 2021 | 67 replies

Hey everyone, I am wondering if it makes more sense to pay off existing debt first such as student loans credit card and car debt, or to save up instead to put a down payment on a rental property to bring in passive i...

Helen Zhang Cleveland Population Decline... Why?
8 November 2017 | 100 replies

We all know Cleveland Population is Declining every year. I hear a lot of reasons, but other than jobs as being the main reason, I cannot seem to find other reasons that make it reasonable for the declinning populatio...

Wes Brand Oakland/SF/Surrounding area help
13 April 2016 | 30 replies

I realized that I dismissed Oakland / SF / the relatively close area out of hand -- thinking it can't possibly work because the buy ins are too high, and the cash ROI is too low, but I never actually seriously investi...