Nicolas Yopp
Buying House Next door
This will be my first investment property.This just was posted for sale and my wife and I have always talked about the potential to buy this house. This house is currently a rental and has been for the last 10-15 (may...
Genny Li
Early mistakes and early wins
I flipped my own house with a REALLY massive remodel (even changed layout and added a third floor) in 2008 and cleared $50k on that after the crash. I've been on the verge of investing in rentals several times since ...
Just Don
Those "pay it off fast" schemes??
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 ...
Kurt Michaelson
[Calc Review] Help me analyze this deal - Lake Elsinore, CA
View report*This link comes directly from our calculators, based on information input by the member who posted.The property has been vacant for at least a year and had suffered fire damage too (see li...
Christen G.
Inherited Tenants: paying/paid on the 10th.
I feel like I already know the answer to this, but would love ya'lls input, thoughts and encouragement, regardless: We've inherited tenants in a triplex all of whom were on M2M. Immediately we evicted the upstairs uni...
Andy Thao
Starting out with no money?
Hello BP,
Just curious. But is it possible to start out with REI with little to no money?
Thanks!
Ryan K.
Is THIS a good Lease? Requesting Critique, Suggestions, Feedback
Hey Everyone!This is my first rental property (a triplex), which is in the state of PA. Before I send my attorney to create, I'm asking as many of you Real Estate Investor Veterans as possible to please read it over a...
Lucas P.
Intro and some advice on funding a smoking deal
So I've been reading the BP forums for a while and have thoroughly enjoyed the podcasts too, but this is the first time I've had a chance to sit down and take some time to write in and introduce myself.My first US pro...
Chris Virgil-Stone
How I increased equity 33% and lived rent free for 2 1/2 yrs
I purchased my first property in March 2013 right after graduating college with a bachelor’s in finance (Dec ’12) and months after getting my first professional job as a staff accountant (July ’12). Making $35k /yr wa...
Jaclyn B.
House Hacking Gone Horribly Wrong
Hello BP Community,I've been on the house hacking train for quite a while and for the most part it's worked out very well for me. However, I've recently discovered that the new housemates I have are terrible. They've ...