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Hi!I just joined BiggerPocekts would like to introduce myself. I live in SW Washington and am planning to start investing in multi-family real estate. My goal is to buy a 5-50 unit property by the end of 2016. I curre...
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I'm considering getting into private lending and recently spoke with a local company that facilitates investments. They said their private lenders invest in their own names- and by invest I mean holding the note to a...
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I’m curious how many of you landlords have your tenants on any of your social media apps? Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, ect. Is it professional? Does it help? Or does it make it difficult seeing posts on personal page...
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Hello everyone,I am new on these forums and I wanted to drop a post to introduce myself. My name is Craig. My wife and I own a single-family in the Creston Neighborhood which we have put A LOT of time into to make i...
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Hi BP! Firstly, I am excited to get involved and to be surrounded by like minded entrepreneurs. I am looking into my very first property! The one thing I keep going back and forth on is spending more to get into the c...
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Here is a blog post I wrote up about the experience :https://www.biggerpockets.com/blogs/4582/50257-biggerpockets-helped-me-land-the-cover-story-of-my-local-newspaperOnline Article: http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/...
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Does anyone have any tips on improving the strength of an offer (without raising the offered price)? I am looking at ways to make an offer more appealing. Ideas of course include all cash offers, quick closing. But...
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I am interested in buying a property in a historic district, shut down for not having permits. They put a 1000 square foot additional in the back, which appears to be quality work to code, but there are a few minor i...
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Investment Info:
Single-family residence buy & hold investment in Portland.
Purchase price: $132,000
Cash invested: $15,000
Contributors:
Chris Shepard
This was the first project ...
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Here's the deal- I recently bought a duplex property that needs some work. Long story short, I'm cash strapped and don't have the resources to have the work done so I've been stuck for the last few months just trying...