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A few of us bigger pockets members have decided to start a monthly meetup for anyone in the Greenville/Upstate South Carolina area. The goal is to meet other people in our area involved/interested in investing in real...
Bought the house as a short sale at 260k and it recently got appraised for 320k, Mortgage is $1692. House was built in 84 and is in great shape with new carpets upstairs. My only concern is my ac unit is from 84 and s...
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The role of wholesalers is obviously to find deals for either rehabbers or landlords. I've also, though, heard the term "bird dog," when it comes to real estate, and it seems like bird dogs can find deals for wholes...
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I'm kind of out of the loop on the REO scene since I bought my two properties in January and haven't made any offers since.
I've been told recently by someone that there are bidding wars on Fannie Mae properties now...
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Greetings to the Bigger Pockets readers..Just an update from our latest, Dec 6 MeetupLooking at the headline, you might be thinking, "Meh!"But @John Van Uytven , @Benjamin Hauser , and I are really proud of how our ...
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Hi All,
My good family friend has a property in a student area that he has asked me to rent out and look after for him. He was thinking a 3 year lease.
He has told me that I can lease the property off him and then...
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Can I use an escrow account vs. local bank / credit union to hold my profits & cash-flow?________________I know that some recommended credit unions over banks due to the interest made on them and them being easier...
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I am a teacher and have a 403b retirement account that I had put cash into when I first started teaching. I also own 21 SFHs and am a little nervous about collecting rents for the next several months. My question is...
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Hello Bp, This is my first post,Can anyone in the Buffalo NY area tell me if they have any experince dealing with hard money lenders? I am in contract with a property which I will be using all my own funds for purchas...
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Hi all. I have several people that want to invest into my fund using Roth IRA. Can somebody give a recommendation what SDIRA custodian to use?I have used Equity Trust since 2010, but their fees are getting high on amo...