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How do I protect myself if I lend money to an investor?
Considering a personal loan to an individual for a real estate investment. The request is a loan with an interest of 12.5% paid annually x 2 years. After two years the initial loan amount is returned. Seems straight f...
Alex White
Advice Please - home Renovation stopped asbestos fun
Hi my wife and i got a great deal on a fixer upper for our "forever home" at the time. While figuring out how to accomplish the renovations we long term wanted we encountered asbestos insulation in the attic that was ...
Aireka Saint-Louis
How to offer on an off market property.
Good afternoon Bigger Pockets community. My name is Leon Robinson and I am wanting to get started in REI. My desire is to start out initially in multifamily. I want to rent a unit while living in the other. My ultima...
Alyssa Cairns
Estimating Renovation Costs for owner-occupied SFH (West MI)
Hi BP! After redecorating and refinishing most of my Logan Square, Chicago condo over the last 2.5 years (and hitting the market at the PERFECT time)- we were able to sell for 140% of our original purchase price, and ...
Blake Carlile
From Making an Offer to Closing: Paperwork
Hey folks! I had a Self Storage facility in Missouri under contract in 2020, but had to back out of the deal right before closing because of bad survey issues. I was new to real estate investing at the time and spen...
Luke Cachia
Hard Loan loan fee part of after sale (rehabbed) profit?
Hi All,I'm seeing multiple properties being sold on the court house steps well below their appraised value.For example: A house in Missouri just sold for $150k. After doing the comps (via MLS), the recommended sale pr...
Rob Brautigam
Connecticut Real Estate Salesperson Licensing
I am planning on taking the Connecticut Real Estate Salesperson course and exam this fall and am trying to come up with an approximate total cost for each of the steps to becoming licensed and affiliated with a broker...
Ellie Perlman
How to Build the Most Effective Acquisition Process
If you purchase or invest in multifamily properties, you have to have an effective and efficient acquisition process in order to successfully bid on and win deals. If you don’t, you’ll find that you’ll end up losing a...
Harry George
Intl' Brit living keen to invest in US real estate
Hi everyone,I am British, living in Dubai, UAE since 2014.Before moving to Dubai I was considering investing in the UK, since then, changes to the buy-to-let regulations has made UK returns far less attractive, so the...
Juan Avalos
Starting out.. making sure this makes sense
Hello everyone thank you for taking the time to read this and hopefully give out some pointers and or correct me I'm wrong.
Fist Step - I buy a duplex cash we call this property A- $60K brings in $900 monthly ( Now...