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Hi all, been employed as an acquisitions analyst/project manager/jack of all trades for a successful multi-family investor in the New York City area for the past several years. I'm hoping to connect with more local i...
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Hi everyone,I'm new to REI and BP and have spent the past few months learning as much as possible about real estate. I'm a recent college graduate currently working in downtown Manhattan and looking to get into my fir...
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Hi, I am new to RE Investing and looking to buy my first single family or multifamily property. I need to get financing!!Where do you guys suggest I start? Speaking with a mortgage broker?Looking up lenders near me an...
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Hi everyone,My name is Alex and I'm new to REI. I've been doing lots of research on the topic and my wife and I are wanting to purchase our first property within the next year. We are still trying to narrow down our...
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I want to go after REOs that are currently not on the MLS.
Does anyone have experience contacting banks about properties they aren't actively marketing? If so, have they worked with you or are they not marketing the...
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I was recently made aware due to a violation letter from the city of Portland that the plumbing and electrical work as well as the utility room addition on a house I purchased was done without a permit. The catch thou...
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Hey all,
I've been working with a buyer's agent who is helping me in my deal search and has been very helpful with market research data and finding comps for MLS properties.
During my search I met another realtor wh...
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I have a question for you. In the example: $200K purchase price, 20% ($40K) down. Say I get a private lender to loan me the $40K for a down payment for the mortgage. how would a loan officer take this....?
Hey All, So a first time real estate investor finally looking to make a jump. I have a few questions I was hoping some people could provide a little insight to. I currently live in Philadelphia but would be purchasing...
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Hi All,I am from the Bay Area and looking into getting into the real estate investing industry. I want to focus on cash flow with out of state housing, so if anyone can give me the pros and cons of it, it would be gre...