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James G. Is Buying a home for idiots?
9 January 2018 | 198 replies

Hi BP. I’ve heard a lot of real estate investors, including Grant Cardone, say that buying a home is one of the worst financial decisions you can make. What is everyone’s thoughts in this matter?

I know that house ha...

Jason Hartman Have you had any experience with National Real Estate Insurance Group (NREIG)/Affinity Group Management?
26 July 2020 | 143 replies

We like the idea that this company caters/markets to investors; however, they denied one of our client's seemingly legit claims and it seems they trying to deny another one on a technicality. The second claim remai...

Da Deep Buying FSBO Short Sale Without Agents
21 September 2019 | 89 replies

Hello All. I could really use some help here. There's a FSBO house that I'm interested in buying as my primary residence. The home owner can't keep up with payments and has left me voicemail saying that the lender/ban...

Alec McGinn Would you ever buy a property without an inspection?
20 June 2018 | 93 replies

I’m about to purchase a property where everything has been replaced in the last 4 yrs (roof, furnace, AC, siding, windows, kitchen, floors, plumbing, ect.) the previous owner did all the work himself since he is a car...

Rob Pene Why do realtors consider Wholesaling illegal or unethical?
7 November 2014 | 52 replies

I was talking to a realtor who has cash buyer clients and he was telling me how wholesaling isn't an officially recognized real estate practice in the "real estate" industry.

It could be considered an illegal...

Alvin Uy If you had access to a $900k HELOC, what would you do with it?
7 August 2019 | 77 replies

Ok.. so I was able to pull $900k+ worth of HELOCs between 2 of my 5 properties.   I decided to temporarily leverage some of that equity into a property Im flipping (ground-up/new construction) here in Los Angeles.  Th...

Dave Kennedy Loan Modification Plan (Obama)
21 February 2009 | 75 replies

I've been listening to CNBC this morning and they have been releasing some of the plan to bailout homeowners.

It was just released an hour and half ago so the details are few and far between at this point but here ar...

Rich Weese vacancies continuing to rise nationally
26 May 2010 | 82 replies

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125479559237566623.html?mod=rss_economy

This article is talking about apts nationally. Vacancies continuing to rise and article says they will continue to rise. Tied to unemployment fi...

Jonathan Giglio Discouraged After Speaking With Active Investors
25 February 2022 | 71 replies

January 1st I jumped in to the world of real estate investing. While I have made a ton of progress over the past three weeks (Thanks 12-Week Year), I am a bit concerned with some feedback I have been getting. I have s...

Brad Larsen What To Do When Landlords Refuse to Lower Their Asking Price
10 March 2019 | 49 replies

Hello All - here is a good topic for discussion.  In our business as a property management company, we have decided to take a hard look at a new policy of what to do with Landlords who refuse to lower the rental askin...