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Hi All, I am planning to invest in Bakersfield, CA and looking to build a local team. Can you please recommend Property Managers in the Bakersfield Area. Thanks!
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Hey guys! My name is Ben Morand and I’m a 20 year old college student at the University of Florida. Over the past several months I have taken all the action I feel I could’ve taken in terms of growing my real estate k...
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Quick rundown of the scenario: I bought a house outright 1 year ago to fix/flip. At that time I had excellent credit. I paid cash for the house and used credit to pay for the fixing. 1 year later the house is done, bu...
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Hi there, I am new to the Bigger Pockets forums and want to buy my first Investment property, ideally a 2-4 multifamily property I would buy and hold with long term renters. I live in Los Angeles so I wont be buying ...
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I am in the middle of purchasing a home as a fix and flip rehab loan. The ARV did not come in at value and the lender is asking for $50k more out of my pocket. I wasn't feeling comfortable with the deal and was deba...
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Perhaps this isn't the right place to ask this, but in the most innocent way possible I am curious as to how people who have quit their jobs in order to pursue investing as a full time gig make money. Basically anythi...
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I’ve heard many times on BP that the 2% rule is impossible in the SF Bay Area…if you are lucky, maybe you can break 1%. But my recent experience has shown me that with a lot of hard work and perseverance it is very p...
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So I came into bigger pockets and was one of the many people who just popped their heads in to say that their new and then completely disappear. Recently i started looking back into the forums and reading here and the...
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Hello everyone, my name is Nate I'm from San Diego California and I am brand new to the real estate community. I'm in the process of rebuilding my credit and about to invest around $50,000. I've been doing a lot of re...
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I had just recently applied for a mortgage loan, but had not checked credit score in about 8 mths, however last time I checked score was a 705 on all 3 agencys, after applying I had only checked with experian assum...