Shanae Williams
What keeps you motivated and focused?
I read a post that said “Real Estate is 95% Mindset & 5% Real Estate” it’s seems to be true because some days I can work on finding a deal for about 4-5 hours and there’s other when I can’t even do it for 30 mins....
Christian Walker
What should I tell my Dad?
Hello,So I am kind of stuck on an issue that I could really use your help on. So to have a quick recap, I am currently an investor and have 2 properties with one if them being a partnership with my dad. I have a ton o...
Uzma Abdullah
What would you do with $500k? Buy your own house or invest?
Hello BP family - my husband and I are looking for some advice on whether we should buy our own home in Southern California (specifically Orange County) or whether we keep paying rent and invest out of state to build ...
Abi Horton
Withholding a tenants deposit due to mold?
I just bought a property that had tenements that were older and lived in the house for about 10 years. It came out during the inspection that there was a sewer line blockage and the tenants confirmed there had been “b...
Kelly McClellan
Transition from active to passive investment
Good morning BP members. I am actively seeking to make connections with those who have successfully transitioned from active ownership to more passive real estate investing. I have been on an information bender as I ...
Ryan Dao
Why Doesn't Everyone Invest In Real Estate?
This might warrant some raised eyebrows but I always asked myself the same question: If real estate is a great way to become wealthy, why isn't everyone doing it?Now I'm not saying investing in real estate is easy, be...
Alexandra Fisher
Out of State Investing -- Any Favorite Places?
Hi everyone!I'm a new real estate investor based in New York City. I'm interested in out of state rental properties, preferably multi-unit (duplex, triplex) for buy and hold around the 80K-100K purchase price. I would...
Joshua Amezcua
How many REIs are there anyways?
You know how once you decide to go all in and start doing something it feels like everyone is doing it? Maybe it’s just because now I’m a part of this community and I’m completely absorbed and enamored by all of this,...
Anna Watkins
Atlanta neighborhood classification question
I'm looking for some benchmarks for figuring out how different areas in intown and near OP Atlanta are classified (A, B, C, D areas). I bought my personal residence 'across the tracks' in the City of Decatur 20 years...
Abraham Anderson
$1,300,000 Deal at Age 21 & I'm Retired!
Yesterday (7/31) I closed on a $1.3M, 20 unit apartment deal that's going to net me a passive, positive cashflow of $3,000/month. This is after ALL expenses (PITI, PM fees, repairs, vacancy, capex fund, etc). My perso...