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I am working on acquiring a 4 unit apartment building and am looking to get the down payment and closing costs covered either through an investor and/or hard money lender. Can anyone help with a recommendation for a h...
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Hi Everyone,I am new to Bigger Pockets, recently a REIA member told me about this wonderful site and I am so glad she did. I have been on and off with Real Estate Investing since 2006. I've done a few rehabs and curre...
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Hey Everyone! Hope all is well. So I’m extremely new to real estate and more specifically rentals. I honestly have no idea where to start and it kind of seems overwhelming on where to begin learning all of the necessa...
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I close on my first rental 4-3 in a college town and I want to set it up right.Can anyone provide a good reference for a real estate savvy CPA. I live in the Northern Virginia area and the property is in VirginiaHad a...
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Pretty straight forward question.
I would like to know what is a comfortable amount of funds to get into REI.
Does it make a difference as to what type of investment you would like to do or is there a standard amount...
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Should I use the equity in my parents home to start buying rental properties?
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Ive reached out to a few real estate attorney, still awaiting a response. So I wanted to run it by some pro investors on BP.
I am purchasing a property through a JV. My LLC will be the active manager, my partner wi...
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My father is a master carpenter, mother is his hustling partner. So I always saw myself diving into the world of construction, home remodeling, design, investing, etc. someday (also watching endless hours of HGTV as a...
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Has anyone tried out the independent broker program as advertised by Lee Arnold and Cogo Capital? For $398, he promises to teach you how to broker funding up to $20 million per deal for real estate deals. Supposedly...
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I am anxious to start flipping and selling homes. I am curious has anyone used a hard money lender to do this. Also me not having flipped before, would anyone oppose using this method with me being so novice in real e...