Katie Willcox
Pre-Screening - Are We Being Too Tough?
Hi Everyone!We took possession of our first rental on July 15th and we are self-managing it. We've prepared a pre-screening questionnaire with guidance from Heather & Brandon Turner's Managing Rental Properties b...
Brenda Whittaker
Confused and Overwhelmed
Looking for guidance. I have done some investing, but am a miserable failure. Banging my head against walls (literally), I still cant figure out what to do. Nothing works. I am in financial distress, but have some...
Henry T.
Seattle Eviction deputy shot by tenant
More horrible news from this sad city. Btw, Seattle City council approved an ordinance making criminal history "off limits" on rental applications. Maybe not a good idea.
https://komonews.com/news/local/ballard-800-...
Steven Mellul
Bank note purchase vs dil vs cash for keys
Hello all, I am new to the forum and I've been very interested in many of your insightful comments. I would really like some help with my current situation which is both complex and unnerving.
This particular...
Carl Schmitt
"Flipping a short sale is illegal"
I'm sure all the "flippers" out there read the subject and said, "That's not true!". I would say it all depends. The reason I'm writing this is because as I was speaking with a "short sale expert", she informed me t...
Braden Souder
How do you still owner finance with Dodd Frank?
Who is buying and selling with owner/seller financing? How do you do it with the Dodd Frank act? I still don't quite understand that law.
Jason Merchey
Doom and Gloom? I Read a Book by David Wiedemer & Robert A. Wiedemer
I read Aftershock, the latest edition, by the brothers Wiedemer. It was fairly dark, much about our economy being a multi-bubble economy, the weakness in housing for various reasons (including the 50% or so cash tr...
Daniel Torres
Investing in syndication vs owning single family homes
Hi All, My current situation is one that I have a fair amount of capital but not a lot of time. I’m considering investing in syndications vs buying single family homes. The syndications appeal to me because of the...
Tim C.
Crowdfunding vs Turnkey -for passive investing/ wealth building
Hello good people of BP! I'm currently a armchair Crowdfunding RE investor and have been researching turnkey investments for passive income and wealth building. I have had pretty good #s ( 8% cash on cash) on aver...
Tucker Cummings
Thoughts on Cashing out my 401k
I'm wrestling with cashing out my 401k and I'm wondering if this is something I should do with mine and my wife's 401k. The purpose would be to push it into real estate. Total we have about 70k in our collective 401k....