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Greetings BP!As a newbie I'm trying to absorb as much of the great info here as possible. I'm scheduled to attend my first REIA meeting this evening. However when I received the confirmation email it indicated a regis...
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Hey everybody, my name is Clayton Cook and I play baseball in the Texas Rangers organization. This past offseason (October-early February) I decided i wanted to get into real estate, seeing as I had no prior experienc...
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So, let's say you have an amount of money sufficient that you can buy a nice diversified portfolio of tax liens in a handful of states (live and online bidding Counties). What do you think the return potential would ...
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Should a contractor receive 75% up front or should they be paid in smaller increments?
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My Mom has been trying to buy a home in Orlando FL for some time without success. She had a buyer's agent, but kept missing out to "in-house" offers. I've purchased several homes elsewhere and always had better luck w...
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I found that investors are focused on their local market because "they know it" even if return rates are much, much lower than in other areas...If they decided to be REI, so assuming they want as high return as possib...
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I know over 5 Deal sponsors (active partners) who syndicate Multifamily apartment deals (they raise money from passive investors and manage the project) .I see that in the last couple of years most of them talk about ...
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Hello,
i have a property in Houston market up for sale or rent and think about adding owner financing as well.
The house value is $ 185.000.
How much would $ you recommend for downpayment, for expected appreciation...
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I realize this may vary by state and by entity, and that in the end it's probably a question for an attorney. Still, I'm interested in hearing some BP members' thoughts.
We had an offer accepted on a bank-own...
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Hi All-I'm about to conduct my first rent increase and I'm looking for suggestions on how to create a letter that is polite, yet accomplishes the task. The tenants are good people but I want to stay reasonably close ...