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Although I believe college is not a necessary pre-requisite for doing bigger commercial deals, how do you think it has helped you?
What do you use that you have learned in college? What do you not?
Was ...
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Hello to all!I'm new to BP however I feel like you guys are family. I listen to your podcasts twice a day on my commute to work. The drive is 2.5 hours one way! I'll listen to one in the morning and another in the aft...
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Hello BP Folks in the Beautiful Eastern Shore Area of Maryland !I picked up a property (SFR) near Easton, in Cambridge MD that needs a good bit of love... Since I'm in Northern VA, I have nearly no contacts near the p...
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Hello everyone, my name is Jake Shafer and I just wanted to say how great of a website you guys have going here. I found out about this website through my fiance who felt like one of the articles was right up my alley...
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Hello all, my name is James and I am from the seacoast region of New Hampshire. I started out in real estate as a complete accident. While working for a very small property management company in which the owner also o...
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And it was on the day I closed on my first SFH. My realtor called me on the day of closing to see if I wanted to do a final inspection. This is my first purchase, so I asked do you think I should? We had just been in ...
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Tactical definition: "relating to, or constituting actions carefully planned to gain a specific end"I'm a combat veteran, it's the analogy I understand all too well. When you're in the field, you must rely on tools, r...
Hello everyone!I just made my account and am excited to become more involved on the forum. I've been listening to the podcasts for a couple weeks now and it is definitely making my commutes more enjoyable while teachi...
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I'm looking to sell my home soon and pretty sure I'll make close to a 100k profit based off homes that sold in my neighborhood. I see 6 or 7 homes in my city around 45k for sale that I would love to buy to fix and ren...
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Hi,
Can you all tell me what the normal procedures are when you work with a GC?
1) Do you pay something like 1/3 up front, 1/3 half way through and 1/3 when project is finished?
2) Do you get in writing a list of ever...