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Jon Mbu Is it typical for a Contractor to request 20% or more upfront?
13 July 2015 | 46 replies

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...

Bilal A. Any High W2 earners out there?
6 April 2019 | 61 replies

To the High W2 earning BP members out there, what strategies have you used to decrease your W2 taxable income? Depending on what state you earn your wages, income tax rates of 40-50% are unreasonable. Most of you like...

Dhaval Taylor Do you prefer an Airbnb or a hotel when traveling?
10 March 2021 | 108 replies

Since the pandemic hit in late March, many are not sure how they feel about staying at hotels or short-term rental platforms such as Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking.com, and Tripadvisor Rentals. Airbnb, with 7.7 million active ...

Scott Le Tutorials/advice for painting a whole house myself?
11 October 2015 | 40 replies

I was originally going to outsource the interior and exterior paint, patching, and pressure washing for my 1200 SF SFH rental, but I ended up being way over budget on the rebuilding of a room and now am desperately tr...

Travis Cannon Is 1500 enough to start in real estate?
23 May 2020 | 89 replies

Hello everyone. I am 20 years old and am trying to start investing and learning about it now. I graduate from college next year and would like to live below my means and invest. I have 1500 saved up and don’t know wha...

Rob Bianco Long Distance Investing as a Beginner
1 January 2018 | 40 replies

I'm living in NYC but I'm highly interested in investing in rental properties that would provide the best cash-flow out of market. I've been reading a lot about Raleigh, Columbus, and Milwaukee. I'm wondering if I'm b...

Ryan Snelson Is SCOTT CARSON (WeCloseNotes/Inverse Asset) DEFRAUDING Investors
20 June 2024 | 37 replies

Like many others, I have had a negative experience Joint Venture investing with Scott Carson and his company Inverse Asset Fund LLC. I’ll share my experience in the hopes that it will help others who are thinking of ...

Larmon Cummings Jr Deal Falls Apart At Closing-Lost $7k!!!!
4 December 2015 | 30 replies

Hello BP Community. I wanted to share a recent experience I encountered in a wholesale transaction that fell apart on me in closing. I want to share this experience so that maybe from hearing this it can help to educa...

Robert Lenfestey Cozy.co reviews
16 June 2019 | 146 replies

Hi, I've been looking into automated ways to accept checks. Brandon Turner mentioned Dwolla on a recent podcast. I've also looked at buildium. Another user mentioned cozy.co which seems ideal. It's free and includes...

Ben Feder Scam or Legit: Sales pitch for 3-day multi family bootcamp?
13 November 2019 | 83 replies

I went to a multi family investor event today in my local area, and it turned out to basically be a sales pitch for a 3-day bootcamp that they were going to hold in my city toward the end of the month. They were charg...