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Hey everyone!I’ve been a lurker on BP for several months and decided it’s time to get serious. I’m a 39 year old software engineer from Northern Virginia. I’m new to investing, although my wife and I had a rental cond...
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Hi there,
I was just listening to an introductory recording (one of those "basic info to get you interested in coming to my seminar" type talks) by a real estate guru named Joe Crump.
One quick way he recommend...
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Hello All, Question for the forum: How do you find a good commercial real estate realtor/broker in any market? Especially those who have deep connections in the market that will potentially pass your off-market deals ...
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Hello fellow BPers. I have been a long time reader of these forums and have picked up a tremendous base of knowledge from you, my colleagues, on this forum. I am mostly a passive investor, and so have not had a real...
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My Father and Both grand parents were realtors and Landlords. I grew up immersed in real estate, dinner talk was easements, right of ways, surveys, evictions, Etc. Etc. For many years I avoided real estate. I h...
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Good to be back BP, after being away from forums and BP in general I am happy to have more time to learn and help others with my most recent experience. In March we purchased a home from the City of Milwaukee as a no...
Hello, So, I've been hearing people say that you can have lenders give you $50k and so on. Since lenders would most likely want to be senior lien holders, how does this make sense? If someone were to give you $50k to ...
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Was curious if anyone was buying cash and closing and then reselling to another cash buyer who wants to rehab and flip or hold for a rental etc.My commercial real estate business keeps me very busy with clients but I ...
So I have to put $1,500,000 in a rental somewhere. The option (for whatever reason) is either LA (appreciation) or Baltimore (cash flow).Sure, investors never can agree to disagree on which is best, but the numbers se...