@Scott Trench ruined my first home purchase.  Just kidding...kind of, but in a good way.This year, May 2017, I bought my first house. Renting felt like I was throwing money away so I thought I was making a smart inves...

So I recently came across a new way to make money in real estate it's called a reverse short sale. Basically in a nutshell we would wait for a short sale to fall apart and then after that happens we would go to the au...

I am keenly interested in the alternative marketplace which is Crowdfunding/P2P Real Estate Sites since early 2013. I have invested in over 100 deals thus far with over half already completed. I am here to share my ex...

I'm looking into the short term rental market in Durham, NC and am wondering if anyone is doing the same thing?  I grew up 30 mins from downtown Durham.  I have family in the area still and would like to balance havin...

Hello, I am seeing some distressed properties being scheduled for auction at low(for NYC) prices. I can't go up against the deep pockets at the auction. I have a carrot website and an instagram profile. I need to get ...

Hi friends, how do y'all usually divvy up money made from buy and holds that a partner/partners have helped you to buy? For example if I bought a 100k home in my name and needed 20% down and a partner gave me 10k (10%...

Hello all, Newbie here, I'm starting to look into my purchasing my first rental property and have a couple different ideas. I live in New Jersey but because of the lower prices and property taxes one of the things I'm...

Hi all, I'm a newbie to Bigger Pockets and have 3 questions that came out of the 90 day challenge webinar. Here they are:-How can I estimate reno costs if I don't have a clue on prices and I don't bring in a contracto...