David Babayev
How long did it take you to become financially independent?
Hi! I'm fairly new to real estate investing and am learning as much as I can right now. I'm wondering what the timeline can look like to achieve financial independence. Is 3-5 years realistic, while holding down a 30-...
Jason King
Is it normal for buyers to pay their agent an administration fee?
I'm trying to buy my first house.I found one I want in Tampa and contacted an agent via Zillow. She is not the seller's agent, just the agent Zillow paired me with. She showed me the house and I asked her to make an o...
Alan Craft
Tenant refusing to pay invoice for service call
Hello,We have a rental property in Northern California and the tenant reached out a few months ago indicating that the oven wasn't holding temperature. Our property manager reached out to a local appliance company an...
Don Konipol
Can a SIMPLE Strategy lead to Wealth?
For the past few years I’ve been periodically posting about complex, somewhat hard to implement, and time consuming strategies and tactics that I’ve used and can be used to “accelerate” wealth building in real estate....
Craig De Borba
Looking for guidance - here’s the scenario, your thoughts?
Hi All,I’ve been learning a lot reading though the threads in this community and finally have something to post about.My background: RE appraiser and loan financing way back pre-2008 crash, helped family landlord mult...
Simon Stahl
Self directed IRA and compound interest
I am evaluating if it would make sense for me to move my 401k into a self directed IRA and use it to invest in a turn key property. The one thing that is bothering me is that I feel like I cannot use the profit for qu...
Samuel Cardenas
Turning FHA multi-property into LLC
Alright, so I have been getting a couple different answers and I think I know the answer but I would like to get different responses from the BP community! I recently purchased a duplex in Cicero, Illinois via FHA. I ...
Wade G.
Last Months Rent
I have never been completely comfortable with the whole last months rent situation. My lease states that the security deposit cannot ever be applied towards rent. Well, it has finally happened and a tenant is trying...
Noel Lumbo
The art of relationships- an often overlooked element
Marketing is the bloodline of your business! We're not in the business of real estate we're in the business of marketing. If you don't market you don't eat. Plain and simple.Now onto the meat and potatoes. No longer ...
Deep Patel
REI Newbie from Alpharetta (Atlanta metro area)
I'm a REI newbie from Alpharetta area and am active looking for an opportunity to get into REI.My goal is to start out with buying 1 Apt/Condo in Atlanta metro area and then scale further in coming years. My wife (IT ...