Jake Kucheck
What's Your Hesitation?
Since one thing on that list of goals in 2011 was to work with more investors (hence my recent increase in activity here on BP), I thought it would be good to figure out what investors are looking for, and also what t...
Adam Hofmann
The value of good photography?
Calling all rehabbers, agents, landlords or anyone that posts photos of their property while selling. I've been thinking about photography and real estate and figured I would ask a few questions to the community.
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Alberto Cioni
how to avoid DST high commisions?
Soon I will sell my 1.3M rental propriety and I'm looking to 1031 into a DST. One of the biggest complaints with DSTs is the high cost/fees associated with them. A big part seems to be the broker commission (8-12% fro...
Jered Sturm
10,000 hours of investing thought me 5 simple keys to success
I was told the other day that after doing something for 10,000 hours you are an expert in that field. That had me doing the math. How many hours have I put into my real estate investing career? If a normal person work...
Robert Carl
Changing Strategy to Subsidize renting
Im a Baltimore city landlord. Im invested in what I called the normal parts of the city, which about 60% or more, not the trendy areas. The normal parts of Baltimore city is either violent crime or just trash, vacant ...
Deena Townsend
First Fix & Flip
I have an opportunity to buy, rehab, and flip my first property in Florida. I am extremely new to this. Is there a loan that will include the purchase price and rehab cost? Isn't DCHS or something?
Andrew Sanchez
Pros and Cons of Being a RE Agent?
I am very unsure of what to do in RE and I've got some questions and just want to see some real examples: 1.) If you're an agent how hard is it to disclose everything? 2.) If you're an agent how easy is it to get in...
Michael Baradell
Should I be paid a realtor commission if purchasing in partnership?
Hey Guys,
Myself and two equal partners just recently purchased a property in which I was the buyers agent. My question is, since this is a partnership, should I keep all of the commissions ( buying and selli...
Jim Wineinger
Cash flow, appreciation, leverage, and cash liquidity
Because of the recent back and forth among the titans, I thought it would be good to open a discussion of how to have it all.
The premise basically is that sometimes a deal does not exactly fit into our normal routin...
Jonathan Key
Do you see this as Good?
Hello BP! I was reading my local online newspaper in my home city this morning and came across something. Longview has had a really big (for this East Texas town) crime wave as of late. At this time, more than half of...