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HI BP'ers. I live in the DC area. I'm interested in buy and hold. I ran across a successful rehabber in the Baltimore area who had used a business coach....in fact he had more than 1. Has anyone had any experience wit...
I currently have a duplex and a single family which are doing well. I’m now looking towards scaling up. My goal of course, is financial independence as soon as possible. Leaving my W2. I know some investors who are i...
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**disclaimer** I tried asking this question in an older post but never got a response.I've been straddling the fence for a while to get started in real estate investing but with the flurry of information out there it ...
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- In 2015, my partners and I started our company and completed 2 single family flips. The first one we used day labor, handymen, a few licensed subs and lots of our own labor, all financed by personal loans and credit...
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Hey BiggerPockets Community,
I’m working with an organization that’s aiming to address affordable housing in a way that leverages time as a primary tool. Our belief is that real, sustainable affordability in housing ...
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I'm currently in escrow on an under-performing self storage property in CA. I heard about using Cost Segregation when purchasing it to maximize on the tax benefits. I'm going to consult with my CPA, but just wondering...
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It’s been a very exciting and yet a turbulent experience in terms of bringing enough cash to the closing, passing and knowing about rigorous FHA guidelines for the first time, as well as fixing a major credit issues ...
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I’ve been on BP for a while and learning lots of great info from forums, other posts/people and of course the podcasts. So I figured it’s time to share one of my own stories currently in progress…who knows maybe it w...
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what are you thoughts on starting affordable housing nonprofit?we would like to work in Oregon and Sonoma County, CAto provide equity in small homes, townhomes, plexesdeveloped as low cost as possible to help buyers :)