Chris Randall
Do you think giving my Porsche away is an Innovative Strategy?
Please let me know if this post is ok here...I'm giving away my porsche as a marketing test to find investors.What do you think? Good idea or Bad?Where would you recommend I advertise this promo?PS I can't seem to upl...
Rivy S.
Is this all worth it?
I currently earn a six figure salary at a pretty non-pressure, but full time, job. We have 4 small children and would like to have more. So we've been trying to build our rental portfolio so that I can replace my in...
Matt H
If you got rich as a REI what would you then do?
Say you did REI for a while, made big money, and were able to retire. What would you like to do with your time and money? I'd like to travel more.
James R. Copeland
Craziest Tenant Experience?
So I have to share mine, because it just happened this week. We went back and forth with the tenant in our rental home but finally convinced them to move out without having to go the eviction route. When they did fina...
Aaron L.
Borrowing $100k from a friend to invest??
Hi BP! I'm putting together a proposal to raise funds for a downpayment. I'm hoping to raise $100k and then use it as a 20% dp for a small multi-family property. My proposal is to borrow the 100K at 10% interest for a...
Alvin Sylvain
Best Bargain or Too Good to Be True?
I am in California, but I have a daughter who lives in St. Louis, so I might ask her to bird-dog for me.I found this 2 building, 12 unit apartment on Loopnet.com for $385K. Current rents total to $6600/month. Each uni...
Andre Crabb
Non-FHA house hacking benefits?
Hey all,As we all know house hacking is a great way to get started in real estate.I've been wondering though, if you don't use an FHA, what are the benefits? For example, let's assume I live in an area where rents re ...
Tinah Canda
Historic Property and an Unsuspecting New Investor
Hello BP community! My name is Tinah, a brand new real estate investor in Worcester County, MA and I ran into a few problems on my first transaction (details on a previous post). And, as if it that were not enough, a ...
Isaac Passmore
House Hacking and Paying Extra
Is there any penalty for paying down a mortgage early? I'm trying to get started in DC and the down payments needed for a conventional loan is 20% however, for a standard duplex that's in the 140k-300k range. I'm not ...
George Ramsay
Red flag on short sale offer
Ive been working on a possible short sale and received the following from the listing agent
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