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Hello, BP Fam! I hope you can share your stories of what you did daily when you first started really diving into real estate investing. I've been a reluctant landlord since 2014 on 2 SFH that were my primary residence...
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How do some of these sites screen their sponsors and the legitimacy of their investment return claims? For example, I have been keeping track of some of these home rehab flips being financed on sites like iFunding and...
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I have seen several questions and comments about the advisability of using the Checkbook IRA LLC structure. Although there are a number of firms pushing the idea we always try and point out the potential danger of do...
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A motivated seller called me today from one of my postcards. He immediately wanted me to give him an offer when I picked up the phone. I didn't get a chance to ask questions or anything. He got upset when I wanted to ...
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Hi everyone,I’m living in Portland, Oregon where there are lots of restrictions on STRs and buying stand alone properties for STR purposes. I’ve been looking at neighboring cities in Washington that are more STR frien...
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I have a family member willing to allow me to wholesale a property. It is situated on 10 acres with potential for many different uses. The main house is a Georgian estate style 5600sf home (6BR 7BA) that needs water d...
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Hi Everyone,I'm in the process of buying my first Land Contract through Paperstac and had a few questions. The property is in Ohio, and I have a house a block away and drove by the property yesterday. Everything loo...
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Hi, I’m interested in purchasing a single family property that has the potential to be a duplex or triplex (very large house). I want to live in one unit and rent the others. I would like to use the other units pote...
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Hi everyone! My name is Nick and I am really just starting to read and learn about real estate investing. I am a financial independence "enthusiast" if you will and always interested in adding more semi-"passive" inco...
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Hello everyone,
I’ve been checking out this website for the past couple of months and figured it was time to introduce myself. BiggerPockets is clearly a great resource for real estate investors with any strategy and...