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Dawn Anastasi This is what the public thinks of real estate investors
16 January 2014 | 21 replies

http://realestate.aol.com/blog/2013/03/26/mabel-bobo-loses-charlotte-home/

Article title: Mabel Bobo, 88, Loses Home When Investor Buys It for $5,000

I think this is what the public sometimes thinks of real estate ...

Eric Telese Vetting agents during first conversation
8 January 2017 | 11 replies

Hello everyone. Before I make my first investment in RE, I want to establish contacts and find good agents to work with.As i search for and begin to inquire about properties on the market, of course I instantly reciev...

James Park Commercial Brokers, How did you go about identifying your niche?
9 February 2015 | 6 replies

I just finished reading a book by John L. Bowman, "How to Succeed in Commercial Real Estate" and I really really enjoyed it. For those of you seasoned full time commercial brokers, how did you go about identifying you...

Joshua Smith Newbie in Washington DC
19 January 2017 | 20 replies

Hi guys - I have a big goal: To purchase and renovate a four unit property in the Trinidad or Kingman Park neighborhoods of DC with a FHA 203K loan, rent out three units for a year while I live in one, and then conver...

Aaron Xie Why no buyer brokers in commercial real estate transactions?
17 June 2019 | 20 replies

I just found out that more than 80% of commercial real estate transactions have no buyer brokers. That means buyers are not represented or protected in commercial transactions! Is there a reason for that? Is it becaus...

Tom Bjork Banks always seem to get it wrong
25 November 2008 | 27 replies

Over the past 4 years, banks were lending non-stop to anyone breathing using no doc loans at high ltvs. Now market prices have fallen, ltvs are more stringent, and now banks are hesitant to lend. Go figure a bank's me...

Dustin Beam Banker made a mistake, not liking the results
20 March 2016 | 22 replies

So I discussed getting a loan on a commercial property (8 units) and he gave me a "soft" approval with values as 30yr fixed and around 4% interest. I spoke w/ him again today and he said it would not be that. I guess ...

Darren Maloney Cost Segregation & Accelerated Depreciation
9 May 2024 | 16 replies

Good evening.  I am thinking of buying an income property before end of year, in part to take advantage of the generous Jobs Act depreciation allowance which I understand will expire 12/31/22.  Does this have relevanc...

Nate R. Don't be a retail investor!
1 March 2016 | 43 replies

I'm haunted by Ben L.'s comment "Don't be a retail investor!" in the podcast on rental properties. This is also common advice in real estate investment books. Always buy at a discount, or, as Warren Buffett says, with...

Jason Holtzinger California Or Out of State????
2 September 2022 | 60 replies

Hi BP community, Please keep reading through this intro to get to the guts of my question.I have decide that I am going to purchase my first multi family property. I purchased my first home in 2012 and held for 8 year...