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Hey all! I'm trying to learn about real estate and have a pretty basic question:What are the differences in returns of privately owning a home and renting vs. investing the money in a real estate syndication. Are thes...
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Please bare with me here...this is going to be lengthy and i apologize for sharing my life story but i just need help and direction!!!! I am wondering if anyone has ever jumped in headfirst and ventured into the inves...
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Hi,I’m starting this conversation to know more about both Markets. I’ve been told many people call Toledo little Detroit but i don’t know what that means. From my research both Toledo & Detroit favor cash flow ove...
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Hi everyone! Just wanted to start a discussion to see what real estate niche has provided the best $/hr spent of your time as an investor. How did you find it and how are you measuring that return on your time? I'v...
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Can anyone give any insight as to what costar costs? I know it varies, and their website is very ambiguous, but I wanted to see if anyone knew what it would cost for a single license for a small investing business. I ...
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I'm just creating a search engine trail with this post. :-)I originally requested $20-25,000 in funding preferably cash. When I spoke with Carl (Bernie) Garland he said that they could probably get me twice as much wi...
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The tenants ‘boyfriend’ leaves the property and oddly enough, another male shows up for a short amount of time. This happens regularly, according to the on-site care taker of the property. There’s either drug dealing,...
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If I have 2 rental properties and charging 1st, last, and security; can I take the last and security for both places (combined) and put them into a Bank of America savings account?In other words, I already have a chec...
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I want to personally thank the BP Community for being so helpful and very humble with all of the questions us newbies always have.
With the help of this great network my wife and I were able to start our OOS invest...