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I posted earlier this week about a lot that came up in Charleston.. my realtor ( who is awesome) e mails me at a little at 10pm her time.. new lot on a little street I have already built two homes on and have been wil...
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I live in a state with high real estate prices where the cash on cash return isn't any good, it's more of an appreciation game here. My goal is to make 100k a year "passively" (or at least achieve financial independen...
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Hello everyone!I'm looking at properties in the Union City area, including Jersey City Heights, West New York, and North Bergen, but focused on Union City mainly for the short commute to the city. I live in NYC and gr...
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Welcome to our Question Of The Week!
Many newbies are always asking how they can get started, and I will without a doubt say "join a meetup"! Let's talk about how meetups have benefited you, where you found one, and ...
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Greetings BP Community,
Was hoping if any experience loan investors could help me out with some questions I came across when evaluation a loan for sale on auction.com
1) Basically, I am bidding for the 1st position...
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How has your experience with wholesalers in the Central Florida area been? What criteria do you use when deciding whether a wholesaler has a good ear to the ground? How much of their ARV and comps do you take to heart...
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When you have a seller with a dilapidated house that is worth 80k as is, and you're offering them 40k, are you really doing them a favor? I understand the idea of unloading their burden.. but realistically they are be...
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I'm a newbie, and for my first investment I'm gearing towards an out of State STR, where I can also use as a vacation home and depending where I'm at in my life, retire there. Is an STR a bad idea as a first investmen...
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Those of you hosting with Homeaway and VRBO have certainly received 2 emails in the past few days;
One email is from HA/VRBO telling us they are dumping Yapstone because Yapstone now wants to charge 3% additional fo...
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I am starting this topic to open a dialogue regarding acceptable investor returns. What I mean by acceptable investor returns is as follows:
THE TOPIC:
At what point is the investor being greedy?
I will use the ex...