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Account Closed First-time Investor: Out of State (unseen)
26 December 2023 | 25 replies

Hi BP community, 
I have been looking at properties within the $20,000-$30,000 range in Cleveland to do a flip. Alternatively, to rehab then STR or MTR. I prefer a flip first to make $ to do my first buy and hold. I ...

Shiloh Lundahl What are your MOST CREATIVE WAYS of getting BANK FINANCING?
26 December 2019 | 38 replies

As many of us have come to find out in real estate investing, our ability to grow a real estate portfolio is highly dependent upon our ability to leverage our money. Or, in other words, use others people’s money to ma...

Ivette Bravo How are people buying?
2 August 2018 | 7 replies

How are people able to buy apartment complexes (5+ units) while “the numbers” making NO sense IN THIS MARET. Everything we underwrite looks terrible - (2% cash on cash AT BEST). Granted where conservative with our num...

Mike McKeown Is there a Rule of Thumb for STR property management % of gross?
30 September 2021 | 11 replies

I'm looking for a general rule-of-thumb for estimating the percentage of gross income used for paying for a management company to handle an STR.  I realize this is likely very location specific, so I'd look at somewhe...

Emily Hill What are you doing everyday to be productive in Real Estate?
19 September 2019 | 7 replies

Hi BP,
Just curious to see what everyone does on a daily basis to progress their real estate journey. 
I’m a newbie, I have one rental property under my belt and am looking to scale. I’ve caught the real estate bug ...

Victoria Knutson Air DnA Reliability for Analyzing STR markets
15 March 2022 | 15 replies

Hi BP community,  Does anyone have any insight on AirDnA and how accurate it's estimates on revenue, nightly rates and occupancy rates are?  I have read that it wasn't very accurate several years ago, but now that the...

Lillian Mitchell New out of state investor - lessons learned so far
19 March 2014 | 14 replies

Thought I would share lessons learned so far for those who are just starting out and looking to invest out of state because their local market is too expensive. I am just back from a weekend trip looking at both ...

Tyler Hart Invest while im stilk in the army?
24 August 2017 | 22 replies

Brand new to this forum and real estate, currently in the army stationed in hawaii and my plan was to use my VA home loan on a duplex when i get out in 4 years and pay it off asap and start from there. Wanted to know ...

Michael McDermott "Career" options for a young investor
7 February 2016 | 18 replies

I have 3 units under my belt as of now and all are cash-flowing pretty well, but I am still stuck in my dead end 8-4 job and I need out! I have put up with it long enough to get me where I am now but it's mentally dra...

Anthony Katsonis Agents: How do you find buyer and seller leads?
9 March 2019 | 45 replies

Just curious what's working for other agents out there as far as lead generation is concerned. I am following the Buffini path and trying to develop a referral based business, but in the meantime I'm looking to see if...