Jonathan Cope
What was your Most Courageous Moment as an Investor?
I recently wrote a blog post about the start of our real estate investing. Recalling how scared I was when we began made me wonder about stories of courage. I think we were most courageous when we started. Knowing the...
Jackie Lange
The Artificial Housing Recovery
Interesting articles about what's really going on
http://www.theburningplatform.com/2014/02/02/warped-distorted-manipulated-flipped-housing-market/
Looks like house flipping (buy, fix sell rehabbers) wi...
John LaVecchia
Should I get involved with section 8?
I have limited capital to work with and the idea of buying a property at $25,000 putting about $10,000 into rehabbing the house and renting it for $800 (local section 8 rent estimate) sounds like a great deal. I would...
Jack B.
How to retire off single family houses? A lot of equity...
I own about 6 million in real estate. There is three million net worth, most of that equity, some cash on hand (1 million). I cash out refinanced last year to buy more properties. So my cash flow was reduced of course...
Rami Latif
2nd mortgage foreclosure.
I was the highest bidder for second mortgage auction. What should I do with the first mortgage lender ( senior lien) that is going to foreclose at the property next month. How can I stop the foreclosure sale? I don't...
Crystal An
Investing in Popular Out-of-State Markets
Hey BiggerPockets!
I'm a newbie investor in California looking to invest out-of-state. I have done some data analysis and many signs point to the popular OOS markets such as Cleveland, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Colu...
Charlie Anne
What improvements are profitable for rentals?
How do you evaluate what improvements are profitable for rental units?Assuming everything is repainted & clean, what is a good framework to understand the impact of:-new kitchen countertops -bathroom updates-lands...
Holly Williams
NRIA - National Realty Investment Advisors
Has anyone ever heard of these guys? There is an old post about them about some work they did in Philly many years ago, but nothing recent. They are based in NJ. They apparently GUARANTEE 12% returns. I'm suspiciou...
Matt Cianci
Long Distance Landlord - Avoiding Management Companies
We are a group of investors from NY, NY, TX looking to buy a duplex in FL. Many of the deals we evaluate are showing 7-8% cap rates, which works well for us, but once we stick a management company fee on there it is w...
Bill Dengler
Confused "Highest and Best Offer"
So I have been going back and forth on a bank owned foreclosure. We keep making cash offers and they hardly budge on the price. After a month of going back and forth they finally told use "Highest and Best" as they ha...