James Popp
When and how do realtors get paid in a wholesale deal?
Do realtors make their commission based off of the price I negotiated with the seller? Or do they make their commission based off of the price my cash buyer bought it for? If it is the latter, then in my mind I'm thin...
Account Closed
Why is building capital more important than cashflow?
I was listening to podcast #17 and at point 25:00 minutes, Brandon Turner and Jeff Brown were agreeing that cashflow wasn't the most important thing to focus on when you're young, but building your capital. The bigg...
Brandon Lowery
Qualified Intermediary Scam?
Hi everyone... I'm new to this forum, thanks for having me.I'm in a little bind and need some help related to a 1031 exchange where a Qualified Intermediary is holding $113,344.93 of my money. Looking for some advi...
Mindy Jensen
Tips for Avoiding a Lending Scam
BiggerPockets is a great place to come learn about real estate and network with other investors. Our members run the entire spectrum, from newbie to expert, wholesalers, flippers, landlords, and professionals like att...
Jay Hinrichs
60 minutes show on the crisis in america of boarded up homes ruining neighborhoods or is it an investors opportunity
What is your opinion are these large swaths of boarded up homes we see in the mid west upper rust belt ruining these cities or are they an investors dream opportunity to get into the RE game for ridiculously low price...
Dennis M.
Disabled tenants in the hood
How many of you investors that invest in c and d areas are blown away by how many folks in the area are on disability ? I guess I always knew there was a lot of people in these are with Mental issues and that fraud w...
John Teachout
Scammed by identity of new tenant
This is a new one to us. We just rented a new to us house. The person filled out the application and I ran a full background check on them. Credit and employment history came back positive. I called the listed previou...
James Wise
Clayton Morris seeks over $7 Million from James Wise for Film
Clayton Morris is seeking $7,176,000 in damages from me & HoltonWiseTV for releasing the documentary about the Real Estate scam allegations involving him, Morris Invest & recently indicted Bert Whalen.
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Steve Christensen
Net Listing vs Wholesaling?
Can someone please explain the difference (if there is one) in a Net Listing vs wholesaling?My understanding of a Net Listing:Net Listing provision states that seller will receive a net amount of money (say 150k for t...
Rio Peterson
Is potential partner a fraud?
I was recently approached by a seemingly experienced real estate investor to partner with him to flip $1M+ ARV homes. We met for the first time at a networking event and after hearing I work in finance, he was overly ...