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John Hickey Hard money horror stories. Let’s hear them
20 May 2024 | 6 replies

I’ve posted some of this stuff before but I figured it might help if I shared a few of my blunders here that could have been avoided. Hopefully some sharp investors read this and offer me and others advice on how to n...

Nick Schroeder Vehicle in Garage that we are closing on in 2 weeks
25 February 2016 | 10 replies

Good evening BP followers.We are closing on a property in about 2 weeks. The owner had passed away about a year ago and family members are now selling the property.In the Garage is a vehicle that belongs to the bank. ...

Sarah Schmidt Newbies with $700K Cash
28 July 2021 | 9 replies

Newbie here! My friend and I are looking to get into real estate investing. We are in Austin, TX. She has $700k cash and is unemployed. I have experience running a business (successful passive income biz on Etsy), am ...

Jason Smith First investment duplex stories!
18 December 2014 | 9 replies

So I just purchase my first property, it is a house and a 1/2 duplex, here are the stats, insurance 660/year, taxes 1730/year total rents currently at 775 per month (350 and 425). The purchase price was 30000 with 4...

Francie Hartsog Nightmare Tenant: Help!
29 May 2018 | 14 replies

Anti-social personalities (aka sociopaths) can fool the best of us but I ignored the red flags, so this is on me.  "Kathy" is a 32 yr. old dog groomer who moved into my 1864 walk-up in early March.  Her first month's ...

Leon Lee Atlanta part-time investor asking for suggestions
17 February 2017 | 10 replies

Hi, everyone I am a newbie investor with a full-time job. So far I have purchased three investment properties in B- neighborhood as the start. The prices of these properties are in the range of $130K to $160K each and...

Skye Anderson Have you ever heard of the utility meter being stolen?
3 September 2018 | 59 replies

Myself and a partner have a SFH under contract in St. Louis, MO (this is a long-distance transaction) that we intend to purchase as a buy and hold. We just learned yesterday that they were unable to do the municipal i...

James Thomas My first property (CA) closed, Seller says she's not leaving
29 May 2021 | 103 replies

Hello, I met someone yesterday who recommended I post on these forums to get some valuable feedback from this community - many thanks in advance. Going to condense the story as much as possible so it's not horribly TL...

Stanley Dean Josh Altman and Cody Sperber- First million in real estate
4 September 2018 | 58 replies

Hey All-Just wanted to check if anyone got Josh Altmana and Cody Sperber First Million in Real Estate and if so did it work and is it a good training program with a good niche technolgy edge training priced for $518.A...

James Mccarthy taking landlord to court over bed bugs and other major things
28 August 2016 | 14 replies

Hi all,I have been a resident for 4 years and there is a lot of work as far as paint, carpet etc. that needs done to get ready for a new tenant It was pretty much trash when I moved in and mentioned so on the checklis...