Alexander Merritt
Quantity vs Quality Rentals
Hello BP!When first starting out using a Buy and Hold strategy and with limited capital, do you think it's better to purchase a bunch of lower priced properties in lower quality / depressed areas or spend a little bit...
Peter Thielemann
Rolling a 401K to a self-directed IRA to invest in real estate
Hi Peter "newbie" here, I'm new to BP and looking for Pros and cons on rolling my company-sponsored 401k into a self-directed IRA to purchase rental properties. I understand you have to go to a Trust Company/custodian...
Account Closed
Wells Fargo Abruptly Closes Lines of Credit - The End Is Near
When banks start restricting credit, they are not confident about people's ability to repay. That means the use of Lines of Credit, HELOCS and other lending for real estate investing will dry up too.
Wells Unexpected...
Kate Brown
Fraud - Kris Thomas Land Flipping 101 at it again
Update - Kris Thomas has now really crossed lines here. I was a student in the course and upon realizing their promises were not fulfilled and they were breaching their contract I requested to renegotiate. When my ame...
James McGovern
Are Real Estate Agents Clueless on how to work with Investors?
On numerous occasions, clueless real estate agents want to put me on automation where they send me searches from the MLS. They seem to be focused on morphing this into a buyer/broker arrangement.I continue to scratch ...
Tom Jimenez
401k withdraw?
Hello bp subscribers. My wife and I are brand new to the real estate investing world, and are looking @ all of our options for financing out first property, and one of them is possibly taking from my employee based 40...
Ross Bowman
Peak of the market: gurus everywhere
Something I remember reading in Josh Dorkin's book, about economic cycles, is that one sign you're in the Peak Phase of a real estate market is that there are real estate gurus everywhere.I can't stop seeing this now....
Jeff Byrne
Being Discouraged by Family
So recently I’ve been incredibly excited about this new journey of REI. I’ve been looking at properties in the Indianapolis/Louisville markets and have found some places I’m interested in. No one in my family has any ...
Ericka G.
Use Leverage or Stick with Cash?
If you have cash, should you use it or is it better to use leverage if you can? So far, I've almost exclusively used cash to build our small portfolio. My goal for the year was to fully replace my current after tax ...
Peter Vekselman
Success Rate in Real Estate...Shockingly Low
If you had to guess, what is the success rate in real estate investing? Success being defined by someone being able to live above average lifestyle strictly based upon their earnings in real estate.I bet its below 5%...