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Hi BP members,Owner Contact... I have been told that it is best to make 3 different ways of contact on every property I am interested in. call the owner, mail a post card or yellow card to the owner and knock on the d...
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Introduction:
My name is Peter Firehock, I am currently an Acquisitions Associate for a multifamily investment fund in Washington D.C., BPG Holdings. Multifamily real estate has traditionally been a stable asset cl...
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Thanks for having me.
It's hard to explain the personal satisfaction I feel when the information I provide prevents someone from:
[list]Paying too much at a Tax Deed or Foreclosure auction,
Buying a vacant lot that i...
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I have just recently got my first off market SFH under contract in the Akron OH area. 20% below market value in an “A” area. Only rehab needed is a new furnace. I have a private lender ready to fund the deal with a po...
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We've officially crossed the 100,000 member milestone here at BiggerPockets!
I just released the 2nd part of our history of BiggerPockets on the BP Blog. Learn how we got here -- please check out the article, leave ...
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Hello,
I am a new investor wholesaler and I have a question regarding direct mail. From what I have researched, it seems that we need to direct mail 5-6 times (yellow letters, postcards, etc) to a set of leads on a l...
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Good Evening BP,
Been a member for a few years and have "gotten started" multiple times but always get distracted by the allure and easier money of stocks and crypto. Coming back with more money, a condo, and a wife ...
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In my market (Sacramento) and in a few outlying smaller markets, real estate has been pretty hot with prices climbing ever higher, approaching pre-crash levels. A few months ago I was noticing things cooling off a bit...
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I’ve officially closed my first deal today and now I’m sitting here with a check for $14,500 and I’m honestly lost on What should I do next?? Obviously I’m not going to go out and make any lavish purchases but I do w...
If you woke up tomorrow, and you were 22 again, but had to start all over with only $40k in your pocket, netting 30k/yr managing commercial real estate, without a degree, a spouse or children, what would you do? (By t...