In order to do a 1031 exchange do you have to reinvest the total amount that you sold your property for?
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I’ve been seeing a lot of articles with people (millennials, mostly) struggling to buy properties, whether it's their first home, or for investing in real estate. Curious what has been the experience here. If you’re m...
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Hello BP Community, Do any of you have experience as a gator lender? If so, I’d love to hear it!
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As an experienced real estate investor and now also a private lender, I often get asked the question: "If I am a newbie and lenders don't want to lend to newbies, how can I get money for my first deal?"
Looki...
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So I have $1,500 and a credit score of 568. How would I go about finding my first rental property. I’m a new investor with no real experience. What are some tips and to help me get on my way.
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@Terry Free has a post in another forum category that someone should come up with a real estate investing video game. While I am no computer programmer, (I'm the guy who calls support and they ask if it's plugged in....
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I just wanted to share the results from my most recent postcard campaign.
So my first campaign was just over 200 yellow letters to a list of absentee owners with equity and I got above 12% response rate, but ...
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Hi everyone, my name is Liam and I'm a student at UVA in Charlottesville, VA. I have been educating myself on real estate investing on and off for over 2 years now, however within the past couple months I have gotten ...
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Hi everyone!! For those that don't know who I am, I am Karen Margrave. I've been a moderator on BP for several years, having become obsessed with the site in 2010 or so. I was living in Orange County CA and we were b...
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How’s it going BP,To get straight to the point with this post before I backtrack, I have decided that it is the right time for me to start investing in multi families and my goal is an apartment with a minimum of 5 un...