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I found BiggerPockets about 2 years ago. It has been an amazing time learning so much about real estate investing and hearing all of the incredible stories from amazing investors around the world.In the past 6 months ...
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I am very excited that we have a special forum for syndication and fundraising for CRE now. There has been a group on BP for about a year that has grown considerably, but now we will have a forum on the main page.
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I'm working on finding a rental property as my first deal. For right now, I'm focusing on pretty much turn-key properties. If I stick with this and spend all of my money allocated for real estate on this first prope...
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Our General Contractor is requesting a 28% downpayment upon signing the contract for rehab work, prior to any work being started and he claims that he has been doing this for decades and never had issues with that bei...
I am interested in transferring my 401(k) from my previous company into a Self-Directed 401(k) - NOT a Self-Directed IRA - for the purpose of investing in cash flowing rental properties. However, I don not have a busi...
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Hi BP,I am scrambling right now to make the right offer in the right way by tomorrow noon. I am in the nor cal market and the house has ARV 360 so I figure my max offer allowable is 360-(55k repairs)-(my 10k wholesale...
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I'm looking to potentially write an article on vacation rentals and would love to talk with some folks about their experiences with vacation rentals. If this is you, jump in this thread and let us know a brief version...
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Hello guys,
I'm new to BP and real estate. I've seen people bring up "turnkey" properties a lot. So what exactly is turnkey properties and how do you find them? If there are anyone that have purchases a turnkey prope...
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Hello BP,
SO as I am searching for property, I am wondering how this will affect prices, and the overall state of real estate.
Should I move forward and purchase or hold off for potentially better deals?
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Where are all my boring investors at? Does anyone else prefer good old buy-and-hold long-term rentals?
20-25% down, duplex, break even on cashflow in a promising area. That's what gets me excited.
I've done major r...