Rich Weese
are we investors going to cause the recession?
I'm sure most of you are laughing at the label on this thread. Hear me out.I started a thread several days ago about how high can real estate prices go. The majority of the responders have all acknowledged that we are...
Mike Neyman
Where did all the good REO deals go?
Is it me or is it harder to find good REOs in the last couple months? I'm looking to buy a few properties to flip and have had a hard time lately. Seems like REOs became more expensive while the retail market stayed...
Mitchell Roadruck
Mortgage Rates Dropping
Seeing a big drop in rates (1% over the last few weeks). In your opinion could this steep drop lead to an increase in new purchases leading to higher inflation, in turn raising rates? In short, if you had to guess wha...
Thomas Price
New to BP in State College, Pa
Good Morning All. My name is Thomas. I am a middle aged guy (not in crisis mode yet, but heard it involves a fancy sports car, he he) and I feel like my life really started 3 1/2 years ago when I met the most beautifu...
Clark Dickenscheidt
Where to start investing?
I have been reading blogs, listening to podcasts and "lurking" on BP for over a year now. We are ready to start investing but can't decide where to start. We have about $65k set aside to invest in real estate and ca...
Matt M.
What is escrow?
I know this is probably a terribly stupid question, but I was not pleased when I saw that escrow on a $96.5k loan was nearly the principle; like $3xx and change! Thats crazy!
So what exactly is escrow, and why do I ha...
Shea Spinelli
First Deal - Looking into purchasing 15 units
We're trying to find our first deal and stumbled into a little bit bigger one than we anticipated. We got a deal for 300k on 2 acres. 15 units, 3 duplexes and 3 empty units. They're low to middle income and the gross ...
Joe Splitrock
Courage to Buy My First $2 million Dollar Property
Let me start out by saying this question has less to do with finding the money and more to do with finding the courage. I have been investing in real estate, buy and hold, as a side business to my day job since 2004. ...
Matthew Paul
Well water
I am currently rebuilding a duplex , both side . Nice 1 acre property , cash deal , 3K per month total rental. ..............the well is a 24 ft hand dug well , good water . Better than a drilled well , which would...
Rodney Kuhl
How do YOU stay involved in real estate when life gets in the way?
A question for all of you BPers. How do YOU stay involved in real estate investing when life gets in the way?A little background. We started investing last April and picked up 3 rental properties before the end of the...