Hi everyone,
I am a finance professional in Toronto and I want to explore a career as a a real estate developer. Could anyone who has become a "self made" developer please provide some guidance on how they did it? I ...
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I looked at a property today that was listed by a wholesaler I get emails from, he listed the property at $48,000 I met him at the property and looked it over I called him later and offered him $30,000 he could not ex...
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Within the past 2 weeks I got 2 capital calls from different sponsors, I'm assuming that there are many deals in similar situations.The sponsors are saying, If they have enough capital to bring occupancy to 90% they w...
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I for one believe we're not going to see a real estate crash anytime soon, and I firmly believe in the power of pessimistic thinking. But I'm also not wholly ignorant of all the aspects of this busin...
American homeowners could see a significant drop in the cost of selling their homes after a real estate trade group agreed to a landmark deal that will eliminate a bedrock of the industry, the 6 percent sales commissi...
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I apologize if this is a newbie question and for the provocative title :) In David’s book Long-Distance Real Estate Investing, he says its beneficial to find an agent who is also an investor in the area. I understand ...
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I was listening to some old podcasts from "The Real Estate Guys" today. They had a special guest speaking about using life insurance as a better bank account for REI's.
Has anyone used Whole Life Insurance as a bank...
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First thing's first, I was laid off from my job and thinking of creative ways to support myself and escape the matrix. I have $400k in accessible cash looking to deploy towards real estate. I made another post and con...
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Hi, I am NY-based looking for purchase a long term/BRRR in Cleveland, and want to hear your experience with out of state investing. Are most out of state investors closing on properties without doing physical walkthro...
Hey BP'ers,I'm a huge fan of Dave Ramsey and his philosophy of being debt free yet I also have goals of owning rental property and cashflowing $10,000/month from rentals.I would love to create a strategy of buying ren...