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I’m currently going to college for engineering and have started to learn about investing in real estate. My plan is use my engineering salary to invest. I also have started my own painting business in college to make ...
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I am new to real estate, After doing some research, I’ve been wanting to jump in head first. However, I have seen things that turn me off such as NJ having the most foreclosures in the nation. Also, NJ leads the natio...
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I saw a house that is up for sale in my town ( Louisville, KY). It is a single family house advertised for $69,900 and I was able to get the seller to go down to $64,500.Here are the facts about the houseSingle Family...
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Hi guys and gals,
Just an interesting read I ran into. Thought I share...
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/should-you-pay-off-your-mortgage-2013-08-14?link=MW_popular
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Hi Bp community! Just curious, when did you make the move to quit your job and why did you quit? Just wanted to hear your stories and the motivation behind your decision. Thanks everyone!
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So, in the last few months I have been doing some background work on how to start investing in the RE market. Given the $ I had for investing, I decided to focus more on buying foreclosure properties and flipping them...
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I constantly see investors buying up HOA liens at the foreclosure auction and wonder what is the reason? If they had no mortgage or a low balance on the mortgage, I would understand. Most times they are way under wate...
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I hear the words “Cap Rate “ a lot. What is a cap rate and why re they important? Is it something added onto a loan interest rate or maybe equity in a property? What is a good cap rate?
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Hello everyone! I am a new investor in the process of building my real estate savings, and I'd love to hear where everyone is keeping their own money while waiting to invest it into real estate. I want something wit...
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Hello,
My name is Stormy Hollingsworth and I will be graduating High school in the summer , and also getting my real estate license. I am very interested in getting into positive investments fairly quickly an...