I'm new to note investing and decided to take a learn by doing approach. I own some commercial real estate, ran a property management business for a while (ugh!) and owned a collection agency for 17 years. So distres...
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Hey All --After many months of work, the New BiggerPockets is now here!If you're on the old site, click the link at the top orange bar and you can start using it today or go to http://beta.biggerpockets.comWe've got a...
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I’m very curious why investors prefer to work with wholesalers vs brokers/real estate agents. Especially if the wholesaler work with agents and have to split commission cost plus pay the wholesaler. Right now many dea...
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I've been thinking about expressing my sentiments for several weeks on this forum. As a Property Manager and STR investor, it's a hard thing to do. I still feel like investing in vacation rentals can be an outstandi...
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Hi all,I'm looking to get into short term rentals. I have been following Michael Elefante on instagram and have been talking to him and his team as well. He is obviously doing very well as a STR host but his mentors...
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A bit of a rant here ... I've been in these forums for seven years and have followed the Airbnb laws in Colorado the entire time. I've always been able to find my STR clients investments that are legal and whose numbe...
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I saw an interesting interview on CNBC today of Colony Capital CEO Tom Barrack whose firm has $34 billion under management. He spoke about the many changes in housing but touched on a real interesting point. He compar...
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Has anyone ever worked with the hard money lender Xpress Loans 911?
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Hey folks, happy new year.
The other day I was asked to show a friend all the steps required to find and buy a fixer upper house here in the Atlanta market. Not a hard task, but doing it the right way is. That said ...
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I'm curious where Bigger Pockets buy and hold investors are finding cashflow these days.