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Hi all! Lately I've been contemplating this question and finally figured I should toss it out to the BP community. I'm curious how everyone decides how much of their money allocated for "investing" is put toward real ...
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I really wanted to save this for my introductory post... and this forces me to make that post happen soon!! Anywho.... I planned on hanging up bandit signs in the wee hours of the morning... well my alarm clock went o...
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So In late 2018 I bought a package of five of those small brick houses you see all over Georgia (less than $70k each) and had the brilliant idea to renovate them and rent them out via section 8. Today I got a $14,000 ...
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How passive can someone invest/own larger apartments? Say someone makes enough in their primary business to invest in larger apartments (40-200 units) and decides to hire a good 3rd party manager. How passive of an in...
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Hello All, I'm finally trying to get off "podcast mode" in my BP experience and get off the sidelines. I've learned a lot from listening to others (and some past experience including buying my own house at foreclosur...
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I’m in the middle of buying my first Singe family home in Texas. I got it at $82k (listed at $84,900) , but the home inspection came back with several deficiencies. For example all windows don’t open (all windows ha...
Hi all,My name is Jay. I am just beginning my long journey into real estate. I do have some experience in this field but I guess in the big picture of things it’s not that much.First off I’ve always found it intriguin...
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Hi,I have a friend who works for the banks on their foreclosures. His job is to go into a house once they have been foreclosed on and submit a bid to fix the house up. He is also in charge of keeping the lawns mowed f...
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I am brand new to rei and my local area is very bad so we are looking out of state. We chose Atlanta, GA because we have a good friend who lives there who can help us in a pinch if necessary, and it seems to be a good...
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Hello BP members,Hoping the experience of this community can help shed light on some of my concerns. I have been reading some of the discussions on here for awhile specifically because our family has been interested f...