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I currently reside in Southern California where I am working very hard to afford the goal of homeownership for my family and I. Yet, I also want to begin my journey as a real estate investor. With that being said, wou...
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Investment Info:
Single-family residence fix & flip investment.
Purchase price: $200,000
Cash invested: $48,000
Sale price: $364,990
Active adult community (55+) single-family home bought dur...
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I am new to Tax Liens in 2021. Prefer North Carolina. Listened to several BP Tax Lien expert YouTube videos. With the costs being so low compared to the Market Value of the Properties, will I face fierce competition? ...
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Hi BP family,
Just got my first investment under contract in KC and super excited! Wanted to run the numbers with you guys to double check I'm not missing anything. It's a fourplex in the Ivanhoe Northeast area... a ...
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Investment Info:
Small multi-family (2-4 units) buy & hold investment in Cleveland.
Purchase price: $55,000
Cash invested: $30,000
One day I woke up late for work and I thought to myself, I do no...
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I speak to investors, realtors and other individuals all over the country (and the globe) about our City of Toledo. In these conversations, I am often asked my thoughts on the economy, population and the overall impac...
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Investment Info:
Large multi-family (5+ units) buy & hold investment in Tavares.
Purchase price: $295,000
Cash invested: $400,000
Finishing up a major renovation for my first deal. Converting a m...
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Per the advise of some smart people here on BP, I started looking in to financing for my first rental investment. Thanks to their low barrier to entry, I started with Rocket Mortgage. The feed back I got was to expect...
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Our tenant just told me there was a small kitchen fire in our single family rental. (Sacramento CA.) Our homeowners insurance has a 3500$ deductible. From looking at the pictures I think it needs a new kitchen cabinet...
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I need to open one up before the end year. A quick search yielded me mysolo401k.com. They charge 425 to start up an account, and 125 a year for maintenance. I will probably start doing the maximal 57k contribution for...