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To introduce myself, my name is AJ and I recently graduated from Villanova University where I studied finance and real estate. I’m back in Pittsburgh where I’ve spent all but my four years of college and recently star...
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We just rehabbed a foreclosed SFH and listed it for lease or lease/purchase. I got a call from a group that places mentally challenged girls with a caretaker. They have a house 30 miles out of town with 3 girls whic...
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Hello fellow BP members,I wanted to recap my last 5 years as an investor hopefully to inspire someone to jump into the field.I started out in August of 2012 with a SFR that I still own today. I had about 10K in saving...
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We usually invest our idle money as a private lender. We get the negotiated interest rate on the money we lend. We don’t participate on the upside, but we don’t have to do anything else after we lend the money. I’ve ...
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Looking for some advice and for some ideas I’m not thinking about to fully maximize my situation. I’ll be as brief as possible. When I got into REI 5 years ago I had the ultimate goal of owning an apartment building ...
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Investment Info:
Single-family residence fix & flip investment in Crestview.
Purchase price: $73,000
Cash invested: $250
Sale price: $177,000
Great starter flip! Overall, the deal netted $40,...
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Tenant informed me on the 2nd that he would be breaking his lease this month and leaving on the 8th. He also mentioned he would pay Feb. rent at a later date. He sent me a text on the 9th that he moved out and left ...
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My name is Sakarin, and I am a new member of BP & an investor looking to build on my first deal in North Central and Central Arkansas. I am looking to network with other investors, build a renovation team, and sca...
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Hello BiggerPockets,I recently had the epiphany that I am not going to be able to live the life that I want to lead if I just continue putting the typical 8-10% into my 401k. I am 23 years old, a 2014 graduate of UC I...
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Hi All,In the past 10 years, I've had a very good niche' buying foreclosed properties from banks and rehabbing them and turning them into rentals. It's worked out very well and I've learned a great deal along the way...