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Hi, I'm in Chicago and am interested in doing lease options. Could anyone offer information for a beginner? Do I need a website right away? What do I need to get started (ie real estate attorney, where do I find contr...
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Hi,I had the fortunate event of having Eddie Speed frequent my portrait studio this weekend.His son had mentioned, to me, his famimly owned some land on North Texas during our photoshoot. Once I met Eddie, I mentioned...
Hi all! I've been educating myself through audiobooks, podcasts, the forums, and webinars and I think I'm finally ready to get started! Just not quite sure where to begin..About me:
794 credit score$150k liquid asset...
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I've started to try and analyze properties, to get into the practice, however there are several variables that I do not know when it comes to estimating. I'm aware these are very beginner questions, and appreciate an...
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I've seen the astounding results rent by the room can have and was wondering if anybody here had any experience in this as I had a few questions regarding it. Does this strategy seem too intense for a first shot in th...
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So after tooling around these forums for a while, conducting many searches, and reading a lot of posts I have seen something that has come up often but not yet been addressed (please correct me if I'm wrong).
Everyon...
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Hey guys,I have been flipping houses for 4 years and I'm about 50% on successes. We lost almost $100,000 on the others. Looking for a mentor in the Pittsburgh area to reach out to me and possibly give me advice on wha...
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Good Morning all, Me and my husband decided to buy a second house as an investment property. I have been looking at the houses in our area for about 6 months now, got approved for up to 500K loan. However, is does not...
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Hi Everyone, I apologize in advance for the wall of text. I have some ideas on how I want to get started in this business and I was hoping that this might be the right place to get a reality/gut-check.
First, some ge...
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This will likely turn into more of a Diary of a Flip but wanted to change up the subject.
The Adventure starts with the picture of outside and inside of the house I purchased last week. I'll write more about...