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I am just getting started and still very new to this. I just recently purchased my first 2 rentals (in the last 60 days). Both are 3bd/1ba SFR in NC. Each were about 30k down, conventional financing. They cash flo...
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Hey BP -Does anyone have a preferred Portfolio Lender that they would recommend? I'm looking to purchase a Rental Portfolio from someone who is retiring from the business.
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I have recently come across an opportunity to purchase an 8 unit portfolio from a real estate investor. 7/8 of the properties have recently had the interiors renovated and all of them are currently filled with tenants...
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Hello all,I've found a few single family portfolios ( ranging from 5 - 11 properties) that seem to be good deals. They are priced from $500 - $900k. And most are stating that the rents could be raised to increase cash...
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Hello! My husband and I are active real estate investors and both left our corporate jobs in the last two years. Since we haven't been doing this for 2 years, we won't qualify for a conventional mortgage. We're starti...
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I have been in contacts with local banks for over 4 months now in hopes of building a partnership that follows the new ARV (Appraised Rental Value) after renovations. Here's some of my observations...1. Banks usually ...
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Hello my name is Andre Houston I am a real estate investor. I have 3 properties so far 2 rentals and 1 primary. I bought my first house 5 years ago for 200,000. I bought my second property 4 years ago. My primary was ...
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Hi Everyone! My name is Rik, I'm an agent/beginner investor here in the South Florida region. I've watched a ton of BP vids like growing from 2 units to 100 etc etc. I noticed one topic doesn't get covered. To grow wi...
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BPers,I have read several posts here and intend on re-listening to a podcast or so that touched on this topic; HOWEVER, there are some lingering questions. My background is in commercial, so.....Why can I not treat th...
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Do you have any advice/ideas on how to source portfolio's of real estate?I run acquisitions for a SFR aggregator executing a long-term buy-and-hold strategy, focused on value-add single-family homes and we currently h...