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As a college student aspiring to become an investor, I figured I should establish some credit history ASAP. I am weighing some options but I don't even necessarily know if these are the best initial steps. Looking for...
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Hey all,I have my first rental finally built that we paid for through private lending and equity through our personal house. The goal here is to have a lease signed, put a renter in there, and cash out refinance the ...
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I have a triplex in a c-d area (rent 700 for a 2/1) and I was wondering how others are screening tenants. I am using a paid background check and call employer, current landlord. I am requiring they make 2100 a month...
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A few years ago I was approached by a 'friend' who was doing a great biz of charging homeowners a pretty hefty fee in exchange for the info and program to pay off the principle of a home loan and save HUGE bucks of ...
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am 28yrs old in LA working in marketing. Right now I have about $20k in a high yield online savings and money market, and not exactly sure which I should focus on more - paying off student loans, saving to buy a h...
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Friends of ours are going to close on a new house in approx 60 days, so they need to sell the small condo where they've been living. They've lived in this condo for 2+ years, so in order to sell it, they'd need to rep...
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Hello BP family, i have a couple of questions for you guys. Before i get to my questions, i'm going to let you know about my situation. Okay I'm 22yrs old and i've been wanting to get into real estate for about 3 year...
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First I don't want people confusing private financing with hard money. Here I am NOT talking about hard money lenders but only about PRIVATE FINANCING.
My Question:
I want to have access to 30 or 40k and my ideal te...
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My goal is to move out of my existing primary (my first and only home) and into a nice home and rent my old house.
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Here are the details:
-I'm in Northern California, both my pr...
Hi everyone, I'm a new investor in Richmond, VA. I've been reading a lot of posts and blogs here. Now I'm ready to write my first post:) I have a rental property in Seattle that has been paid off with about $600k equ...