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Hey Everyone,I had a partnership with two others during the acquisition of a couple properties, both of which are still currently being renovated. Leading up to the purchases, we had a verbal agreement of a 45%/45%/10...
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Hello everyone! My name is Zac Gilliam and I am employed in the medical field in Northeastern (specifically Huntsville area) Alabama.
After a suggestion from a family member, I thankfully stumbled upon BiggerPockets...
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So, according to http://www.crefcoa.com/apartment-rates-main.html, apartment loan rates are up about .5% under D. Trump. Around 4.88% for what I'm looking for, up from 4.39%. What should that do to YOUR calculations,...
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Hey BP Canada, I am starting to practice analyzing ROI and rental income properties in different areas using the realtor.ca for housing prices, Kijiji and Craigs list for average rental estimates. One of the numbers I...
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Hey Bigger pockets community.My name is Tim and I'm from Austin, TX.I'm a newbie looking to educate myself on the buy and hold strategy with rental properties. I have one property that use to be my primary residence a...
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Purchasing a property in another state, Michigan, and I'm being told they need my operating agreement for the purposes of creating the deed and for escrow "to ensure I have the authority to sign". In my home state I h...
Hello BP, I just wanted to see how many of you utilize retirement accounts like the Roth IRA or the 401K or is Real Estate is the only retirement avenue you guys use. Thank you. Ruslan
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I have been given the opportunity to invest in a new RE brokerage. The people that want to start it are top notch, motivated, ethical, honest, and go getters. I don't think I could find someone I would trust more or h...
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We here at BiggerPockets have heard for years, even before interest rates went up, that deal finding is a top challenge. This is despite the existence of listing platforms, off-market deal finding tools, and even ou...
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Hi Everyone,
I'm a big fan of BiggerPockets and have been a lurker for quite some time. I decided that it was finally time I register and become more engaged with the rest of the community.
I'm curre...