Chris Wallace
Opportunity, On the job training or Not?
A developer has purchased my next door neighbors house and plans to demo the house and build a small condo development. Yesterday while walking my dog the developer approached me, introduced himself and explained to m...
Lawrence Maffucci
New member upstate New york
Hello, My name is Lawrence, Larry is fine also. I am a 26 year old general contractor. i work primarily out of Columbia county, Dutchess county, Ulster county, and Greene county. i have also done work as far south as ...
Dave Alexander
How important is an agent when buying? Do they have to know an area?
I can see the importance of an agent if you're trying to move a property. But in the scenario where you're buying am I correct in saying they aren't THAT important? I can basically search and find listings on the MLS ...
Adam Zard
Real Estate Attorney from Colorado
Hello BiggerPockets Community!My name is Adam Zard, a licensed attorney based in Denver, Colorado. I'm with a law firm, practicing in the fields of real estate and construction litigation. Currently, I own various ...
Juan Alvarez
How much money did you start off with?
How much money did you have before financing your first property? My Goal for this year was to acquire a multi family home to start house hacking. One thing let to another so I’m having to postpone that goal for anoth...
Jason Sung
Getting bid for rehab work
I am under contract for my first fixer-upper property. Regarding getting bid for rehab work, I found from Google that I need to make a detailed Scope of Work document and prepare pictures/videos of the property to sha...
Amir Vahab
Private Money Lending
Hi Everyone, I am a residential flipper in Atlanta, GA and I have a few questions regarding private money lenders. I have personally flipped 2 homes, but I am now in the process of developing a business plan to solici...
Ian G.
Non-obvious ways of finding properties
I've had the idea for about 6 years to start flipping houses, with the goal of owning a couple of rental properties. Two years ago I actually quit my job and moved somewhere that had a good market (at the time) and t...
Marc Beaulieu
What are the real benefits of an LLC
Every book I have read about buy and hold investing talks about forming an LLC as an essential part of your business. The line that is repeated over and over is that it protects you from a tenant suing you for everyth...
Justin Moon
Hard Money Loan???
Pros, cons?
The realtor I work with found a foreclosure that looks promising if I put in the work. I went for a viewing yesterday, and it needs a bit of work but I can see the potential in it if I buy it for ...