Anne M.
Do you consider real estate a business or an investment?
We started looking into investing in US real estate a few weeks ago.We're looking to diversify our investment portfolio. Right now, it's all in the stock market (mostly index funds). Listening to the podcast, reading ...
CHRIS MITCHELL
Excited about first flip until now..HELP!
I'll try to make this short, I'm about to venture into my first flip, property is $58000, rehab costs $50,000, arv $180,000. My liquid funds are extremely limited so finally I found a hard money lender that will fund ...
Brent Huling
My appraiser gave details to the seller
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...
Damien Lee
Did I do something wrong? ATL, Ga Deal Analysis (awful returns)
Hi all,
I've just recently started looking into real estate investing and wanted to go ahead and start posting the deals I analyze. I’m currently not looking to buy this home (you’ll see why if you read) but I am loo...
Dawn Anastasi
Section 8 Bible
Has anyone ever read these books (volume I and II)? In it, the guy talks about his strategy for buying and renting out over 300 single family homes.
For the first property, he started off with around $28,000 or so f...
Anthony Clayton
Flipping REO's via Land Trust
I just flipped 3 properties today to a all cash investor using a land trust. I had never done it before and I was skeptical but I closed all three deals same buyer within 3 hours.
Here are the steps if you want to u...
Chris Lynch
Investing in low price homes (30k-60k) Out of state ?
I have been on the forums for awhile now and after some thought I have been thinking about this strategy. I would love feedback.In my state (RI) homes are about 180k on avg. Of course prices vary based on area. But e...
Gerardo Varela
HELOC?
I'm new to BP and wanted to see if pulling cash out of my home is good idea to begin investor path.
Jonathan Weinberger
I spent $800K with Own It Detroit -- $20,000 on this rehab. Rate it! (Part 2)
Hey guys, So I received a TON of dm's about my post in detroit. Really appreciate all the comments and thanks for being open and honest. If I haven't responded to you, I'll get to ya eventually. I'm always happy to ch...
Calus Glispie
Deal turned down bc of my “$1” earnest money..
So one of my deals I’m working on took me a while to get in contact with the owner but after following up we spoke and agreed on a price. i emailed him the contract and he said he didn’t like the dollar amount for the...