Iris Hou
Do I need to hire a lawyer?
I'm a newbie from CA trying to invest in my first rental property in TX or some other states with healthy RE market (good cash flow and landlord friendly). After doing a lot of research, I heard a lot of different opi...
Matthew Holtry
What is the Happy Path for a Private Money lending Transaction?
BP Community,I recently did my first private money deal (as a lender). The borrower is someone I know personally, and we intend to do additional deals together in the future. We stumbled through this first one togethe...
Julie Kern
First Deal: SFR or Student Rental?? - Brainstorming
We have a contract on our first deal as of today (see http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/88/topics/1548... for details).Our original plan was to rent this out as a SFR. But over the last 24 hours, I started wonderin...
Sidney S.
How to build trusting investment relationships out of state?
Hey all! My husband and I are priced out of the Northern Virginia market and want to invest in flips out of state. We have been looking in Baltimore and Chicago.My question for everyone is, how have you built trusting...
Shawn Sopic
House flipping in current market
We just went under contract on our first investment property which we plan to flip. Its a large house in a nice neighborhood in need of some TLC. We're using an interest only loan with 25% down. In current market c...
S Harper
Situation with not-on-lease boyfriend in jail for assaulting my t
So my tenant has always said her boyfriend doesn't live there. She finally admitted two weeks ago he had moved in and asked to add him to the lease. He has not submitted an application and is not on the lease. He assa...
Alicia Marks
QOTW: What can you share about the Pros and Cons of Partnerships?
Anyone who has invested in real estate has probably considered or participated in a partnership. Let's talk about what works or not! Feel free to use the preset questions here or go off book to share your thoughts!How...
Nicole Clemens
How to compensate private lender....
Hello there, I am newer to real estate investing. I've done a few flips and have a few rental properties, but am really interested in learning more about partnerships and how each person involved in the transaction i...
Christy Gilliam
using a realtor to help with wholesale deals
Hello everyone. New to this site. I have some questions. I want to wholesale deals and assign them to a buyer, using either an Assignment Agreement or an Option to Purchase agreement. I want to use a realtor to find...
Troy Purvis
Do I replace a roof that isn't leaking?
Newbie here! I have my first investment property under contract and have a list of items I will be working on upgrading before renting it out. The roof currently has two layers and IS NOT leaking but does show signi...