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Hello BPs,I thought I should update everyone on my journey. I finally purchased my first investment property in Philadelphia. The costs wasn’t too bad during the process and it went pretty good for my second go around...
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Have had quite a few conversations with bank with HELOC product available in my market (Twin Cities) and thought others would appreciate an update on this list. Some players pulled out during the pandemic, some were n...
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Hey everybody!I'm Wayne- I'm from Chicago (Oak Park). I caught the bug a couple of months ago and I'm looking at Cincinnati as where I think I'd like to start. My wife and I (or maybe just me, we'll see what happens) ...
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Have spent the last 7 months working on the craft and educating myself in the real estate world, specifically around rental/ buy & hold. I am looking to see where folks are finding the best opportunities these day...
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1 or 2 members for LLC for spouses when loan/title are under both spouse names:—————————————————————- Hello,I am starting an LLC and have some general questions. I am using the LLC mainly to shield liability from the ...
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I'm looking to get my first STR. The goal starting off is a place that my family enjoys visiting and renting the rest of the time. I recognize that when my family visits I'm hurting my profitability, but that would ...
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Hi, I am regularly cold calling to get a wholesale deal but I am experiencing extremely low conversion rates and I do not know where I am going wrong at for this to be happening right now. For this month I have worked...
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I'm teaching a class on buy and hold real estate investing in Memphis and I'm looking for some real life examples to share with the students.Here's the brief background on my question below.I believe 2 things.1. Peopl...
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If you read my background my husband and I started seriously looking into investing back in March, and since then things have taken off. I'm overly excited & nervous about the entire process, but after listening t...
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I'll start from the beginning, because there are lots of little details I need to explain in order for you guys to fully understand the situation. (All names are substituted by fake ones for privacy reasons.)In April ...