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To all Readers and Members of Bigger Pockets,I hope this post finds you well. I am here to introduce myself to the BP community. My name is Mark Giles and I currently live in the Victory Park area of Dallas, Texas. I ...
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I would like to become a hard money lender.
I have the customers on both sides and a specific business model. I can sell it.
I have the cash reserves myself to lend, as well as know both individuals who want to fun...
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Hi BP!I've been heavily investing in RE for 2+ years and I often try to extrapolate the future based on my basic experience. The latest of those extrapolations is to calculate how much net rental income is needed to s...
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Hey Everyone!My name is Elijah Batkoski. I'm a recent college graduate - from UNC-Chapel Hill in May. I currently work in RTP as a Software Engineer. I'm moving to Raleigh this weekend, and ever since I started colleg...
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My name is Trace and I'm new to real estate investing. I'm 26 years old and recently relocated back to the Birmingham area. Although I don't have any practical real estate investment experience, I have dabbled pretty ...
I have called a few respondents to a Craigslist ad that I posted a few days ago. Apparently, most of the respondents were "cash buyers", so they say, and not wholesalers. I took their criteria information down but do...
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Learning more about seller financing method and its really discouraging because there is no true 0 money down strategy. Is there a general rule of thumb number i can use from people who have done this before. Attorney...
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I am not clear as to the difference between rehabbing and house and flipping one. Could it be that when you flip it is for quick profit and you would do a 1031 vs rehabbing which you would live in it and hold on to a ...
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I’ve always used my self-directed IRA to buy, flip and hold individual lots and never considered financing due to the non-recourse lender hurdles.
I’m interested in some raw land and the owner is willing to owner fi...
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Hi everyone!
I'm a renter in NYC, with my partner and two dogs. I have amassed a decent amount of savings which I have put in the stock market, but would like to consider putting between $100-150k into real estate,...