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Frank Barletta Houston: Gross Weather, Lovely Investing
9 October 2024 | 9 replies

A friend recently asked me to compare two Houston zip codes, 77008 and 77063, from an investment perspective.
Now, I'm a big fan of Texas, but the first thing I said to him was that the weather is HORRENDOUS. Anythin...

Nicole Walley Do homeowners have an easier time breaking into RE investing
14 October 2018 | 11 replies

Through a bit of reading and research, I am gathering that it is much easier to break into RE investment if you already own a home. I would like to know what your thoughts are on this, and also how some of you were ab...

Jason Berroa Cash Out Refi Lenders After Full Gut Renovation Before 6 months
29 November 2017 | 6 replies

Hello BP colleagues,Looking for some guidance/advice here. My sister recently purchased a 2 family home with a 5% down conventional financing loan on 9/8/2017 for 304k. She then proceeded with a full gut renovation wh...

Abhijit Joshi LLC or Nah?
26 February 2016 | 13 replies

Hello Members,My friend and I are both first time investors and will be investing in real estate within the next six months. We have been researching whether or not to create an LLC. We haven't had too much success in...

Account Closed New Guy in WA Here!
5 August 2015 | 10 replies

I’m 19 (almost 20) years old in Washington State looking to start investing in real estate. I recently graduated college with a B.S in biochemistry and started a production job at 40k/year with about 20k in savings an...

Bryan Wegman 5/1 ARM or 30 year fixed??
17 December 2018 | 15 replies

I'm closing on a buy and hold property mid January 2019. My current finance options are a 30 year fixed at 5.75% or a 5/1 ARM at 5.0%. I'm curious what you all think is a better option?
Details:
4 bedroom 1.5 bathroom...

Paul C. Single-family Homes Are NOT a Good Long-Term Investment ?
6 November 2014 | 8 replies

I just came across a story on Bloomberg about Home Partners of America Inc. (formerly Hyperiod Homes Inc.) -- they buy single-family homes and rent them out, but give tenants the option to eventually buy the homes.  I...

Rick Bassett Applicants with undisclosed significant other
18 January 2016 | 7 replies

Maybe it's the way that the housing authority in our area works or our local culture but it seems that the vast majority of the applicants that we get who are on public assistance almost always fail to disclose that t...

Deanna Coutts Veteran/Military Wife looking for financial freedom
20 October 2015 | 13 replies

Hello!!!My name is Deanna and I just left the Navy 6 months ago and married my husband not long after. I desire to spend a lot of time with him and a regular 9-5 job gets in the way of that. I also want a bigger weddi...

Jake Thornhill New Member from Greensboro, North Carolina
6 June 2019 | 20 replies

Hey everyone!    My name is Jake and I am so excited to start engaging more with this community and with real estate. Just to offer a bit of my story... About a year ago I was exposed to the world of real estate and b...