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Hey BP community, my name is Taylor, I'm 18 years old and I am a highschooler in Frisco Texas. I am attending college next year at either Baylor, SMU, or Texas A&M. I have been interested in real estate for the pa...
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I came across this "PML" via facebook and everything was going great until it came down to the day. I was maybe getting the property under contract. He wanted me to paypal him 750 so that he would send the 20k needed ...
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How do you verify whether a private lender is legit? Alot of the ones I've connected with have no website, and an origination fee which makes me think it's a scam for the 1% fee. I'm also very skeptical by nature...ju...
Investment Info:
Single-family residence fix & flip investment.
Purchase price: $180,000
Cash invested: $65,000
Sale price: $328,000
Bank owned REO. FIX / Flip deal for one of my private inve...
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I keep hearing podcasts referencing people using OPM (other people's money) to buy real estate. In most of these cases they are referring to private money lenders. I keep hearing people say that they are plenty of peo...
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I got this in my inbox on BP would you respond to this and think this could be what your looking for in a private lender.???Hello,Have you been searching for a legitimate loan from a private lender with no success?Se...
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Hello fellow BiggerPockets family. I'm a newbie and I recently have found myself in a weird situation. I have a private lender that is interested in loaning me money to help secure real estate properties to flip to...
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What is the annual percentage rate of return on cash invested that makes secured property investers happy ?
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I am a self employed real estate investor in my first year of real estate investing. I currently buy and flip foreclosed properties. I currently have a private lender that loans me money for my flips but I would like...
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Hello! I am still new to this whole process and still in the research section on this journey. I am a little confused on how to go about using a private lender and how does one make money using a private lender? Any...