Hello,I am doing a BRRRR on a property, I wanted to know how to handle paying your contractor. I am thinking about paying them 25% of the budget at a time. Just to be safe, this will be my first BRRRR so i want to mak...

Hey all, I am planning to start a small coffee shop in my city. I am a big fan of espresso. So, I thought why not sell it. There is great happiness associated with doing a business that you like. But the thing is, I a...

Hello, I have been in the real estate business for a long time, but it has always been in the long term buy and hold arena. I am looking to venture out into the major flip business where I would be purchasing a run-do...

Hello Bper's

I recently acquired a retail building and I have a tenant who has trouble paying his rent. His rent is 6k a month and he is sometimes able 3000 in two separate payments. His business is somewhat seaso...

We have had a great time with the Commercial Services Desk at Lowes. They price our materials for all of our Flips, and we are utilizing very high quality products at discounts of 15% to 25% from retail. The best pa...

I wrote an article on my blog about real estate degrees. I am wondering if anyone has a minor in real estate or taken masters in real estate courses. I'm wondering what Kind of Info they teach.

Hi EveryoneI'm new to real estate investing and this is also my first forum post on BP. I purchased land about 6 months ago and my goal is to develop the land. More specifically, I want to build my own home. I've gott...

This question is targeted to those landloards and investors that handle properties that are remote from them (ie several states away).

How do you guys manage them? Do you ever see the house prior to your purchase?
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I've been working with a regional bank for about a year and half. I have one property on a 30-year fixed with Fannie Mae. Then I've done three more properties on portfolio loans with the branch president of this regio...

So the 30yr mortgage rate went from 3.93% to 4.46% over the weekend! Holy cow!

Could that be the reason Mortgage rate applications fell 3%?

It would make sense!

How do you feel this will affect REI? Buying and Hol...