Steven McPherson
Who here has started from scratch?
Just a question for other BP members: who all on this board have started their RE business from nothing? That means you had no money and no personal savings to put in to marketing, down payments, etc.Follow-up questi...
Sadrud-Din Williams
Why Do 97% Of Real Estate Investors FAIL?
There's a lot of REAL Estate educational platforms out there promising to show you how to invest in real estate or flip houses, so why is it out of the hundreds of people that sign up for these seminars, these educati...
Matthew J. T.
Discrete Assignment Fee
How do I keep assignment fee disclosed from Investor? Let's say 150,000 house, i mark it down to 40k, and i want to sell to investor for 75k, how can I do this without him changing his mind about closing the deal, it'...
Kyler J Sloan
Rent Jeep to Airbnb Guests to Climb Hill
I am about to close on a Airbnb property with a very steep and winding road, and was wondering if it would be a good idea to rent a jeep wrangler out to guests who do not have a 4WD?
I would not be using the jeep of...
Nathan W.
Creative 100% financing creates temporary negative cash flow
I'm encountering a situation right now, which I will attempt to generalize in this post. Looking to discuss the pros and cons, to ensure I am not overlooking anything on the financing side and understand the risks/be...
Nick Aderman
Inherited a tenant with 2 pit bulls not sure what to do
Hello BP, my wife and I recently bought our first rental (a Duplex in Sacramento) We inherited tenants on both sides. They have both been long term renters at this property, and after inspections they both seem to tak...
Timothy W.
Is O'Donnell really stupid?
There seems to be a lot of fear of attractive conservative brunettes to the point that they have to attacked as "stupid" by people who never really qualify that statement and when they do qualify it, it turns out they...
Natasha Keck
Deflation, Stagflation, Inflation, Hyperinflation and Uncertainty
I've read a lot about having a three legged stool approach as a way to preserve and grow wealth involving a hedge fordeflation (depression, falling prices)inflation (status quo, slowly rising prices)uncertaintyIt woul...
Shiloh Lundahl
If you have less then 20k, you shouldn’t invest in real estate
I know that many may not agree or may even be offended by the idea that if you don’t have 20k you shouldn’t invest in real estate, however, It’s true. If you’re an adult and you have no money saved up, then before you...
Ami Sapir
An American Nightmare
My name is Ami and I have made a pretty big mess of things. Here are some details of my life:- Sales Manager of a sales team in the IT universe earning about $85k/yr- Wife has an office job paying her $60k/yr- We owe...