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As an experienced real estate investor and now also a private lender, I often get asked the question: "If I am a newbie and lenders don't want to lend to newbies, how can I get money for my first deal?"
Looki...
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I am looking to buy a house in a new area to fix up and flip.
Before making my bid on the house, I was trying to find a General Contractor to walk through the house with me and give me an estimate for repairs.
I als...
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I am closing on my 5th house, which is my 7th deal, on October 17th and my plan is to renovation and sell it. I'm buying it from another investor who started writing about it in his BP blog but I won't share those det...
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I see that it is a common goal for Buy & Hold investors to own several rental properties. Wouldn't having multiple mortgages expose someone to an excessive amount of risk? Suppose there's a market crash, rental ra...
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We rented our home out to a family on Section 8. It was our first rental and we made errors did not do our due diligence. We discovered several violations against their lease agreement early on but faced the challenge...
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I am curious where I should start. I have been studying and going in and out of interest in real estate investing for literally 19 years without ever doing a deal or taking the next step.This is going to be long. My g...
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I have ~500k liquid to invest but still confused where to start. Everything I've been reading has been about eventually raising capital but how do you start when you already have the capital? I'm looking for max cash ...
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TLDR: Student & Employee looking to passively invest 25K by June 2021 for long term (appreciation focused, cashflow unimportant). Currently heavily considering Turnkey investing. A) Should I consider anything else...
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Hey BP Fans,
I decided to start a thread in here to see who's lurking around here in Saint Louis, MO or the surrounding areas? I'm looking to increase my network!
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I was recently contacted by a new wholesaler about a property in an area that I love to buy in. On the surface it was a great deal based on the pics(very few), the price, and the area. I arranged to meet with him th...