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As a rookie investor I'm a little nervous about getting taken to the cleaners by a contractor that is dishonest. Any tips y'all have learned to avoid paying up front to a contractor?
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I’m working with three partners on our first brrrr. We were doing some homework on financing when a great deal fell into our lap. We decided to make an offer on a 4/3 single family. After a few counters, the offer was...
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My in-laws have asked my wife and I to refinance their home in order to add our names to the note.
Our situation is that we live in Hawaii at their care home. It's a huge house and there are three families along wit...
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Hello Everyone,First time posting, thank you in advance for any and all help! I am new to BP and investing in general but believe we have a great opportunity to pursue that I am looking for advice on.We have an elderl...
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Hi can someone help me with valuing a property. I use actual income. Would you use actual vacancy as well? The deals I am looking at have low vacancy. If I buy the property and increase the rents the vacancy would go ...
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Hey Everyone,I have been looking at 4 plexes to house hack in. I have looked at around ten and put offers in on two. The two I put offers in I went through a realtor. I had a seller directly contact me to sell me his ...
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Soo I’m 22 years old, I’ve been extremely interested in real estate for quite a bit after finding the bigger pockets podcast. I’ve been eager to get my hands into the game so studying for my real estate agents license...
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Newbie here! All help welcome!I am trying to make my first offer on a single family foreclosure. I am going through a realtor. After placing my offer as cash, the realtor is now saying that I'm going to need to "sign ...
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Hey Real Estate Investor,I want your opinion on this.We are developing a residence in the coast of a very beautiful country in Europe. The roi of apartments in 3 years will be very high and our country is in the top o...
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Greetings to all :)I am in the process of soliciting potential investors/lenders for a 300 site RV park in a very high demand area. Obviously with the high profit potentials with this deal, many details will have to b...