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Hi there. I wish someone could help me decide whether to invest a property or buy a franchise as my first investment. Thanks. :)
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Hello BP Fam,I am getting ready to send out my out of state absentee list next week and was trying to decide what day is best to stick them in the mail. I know everything must be tracked and I will do so myself, but I...
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Hi All -
So I'm pretty new to the site and already I feel as though it's been a huge help - example being my Yellow Letter Campaign.
For the past couple months I've been sending out letters focused toward a specif...
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After listening to the Clayton Morris podcast (EP115 with Mike Banks) about the company Fund & Grow, I became intrigued with the idea of using business credit cards to buy rental properties using the BRRRR method....
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It seems like a lot of people are held from taking action due to risk of potential crash. *From people who invested before 2008 and after* what were your investments/strategies that remained strong during the recessi...
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In a buy/hold portfolio, how often should/does one sell/1031 exchange properties? Do investors tend to hold on to properties for more than 10 years? Is there a right/wrong way to go about it? I imagine some propert...
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Hello All,So I received info on a 60 portfolio. They are 2 separate apartments which is broken up as 36 units for one and 24 units as the other. Should I combine the numbers to evaluate as one or get the broker to sen...
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Day in the life- Constructing a New Facility location
23 June 2020, 08:39 We are starting our 8th and final storage location. I will try to give an update as we go through construction. Although this will be instruct...
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I’ve been wanting to become a real estate investor for years now. I have 2 rentals that I did through traditional mortgages but am craving more. BUT EVERY TIME I try to learn more about different ways to actually bec...
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I'm trying to retrain my brain on this kind of product compared to the traditional Principal and Interest. My thought is why wouldn't I do an all interest 10 year loan at 4.99%? Prepayment penalty is only the first ...