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BP Community,
In this blog post, I'd like to discuss my situation as a self-employed individual seeking financing for a new construction project on a triplex in Charleston, SC. Despite having a credit score over 70...
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I am looking to complete my first wholesale deal. I am confident that I know what to say once I get in contact with a truly motivated seller, and I have built a pretty good buyers list so far. Most of my methods of ma...
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Is anyone seeing an increase of repurposing commercial to residential properties in the greater Sacramento area?What are your thoughts on commercial real estate in the manufacturing, retail & non dwelling building...
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This is a copy of an email I sent to a beginning real estate investor last week. It’s just some random thoughts on real estate investment based on my 35 years in the business. During that time we have purchased over...
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I was recently listening to episode 293 of the BiggerPockets podcasts where Chad Carson talks about his tax lien strategy. Does Ventura County do this? It looked like they list homes for auctions but I didn't see anyt...
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As of late, I have been receiving a slew of colleague requests with no accompanying message of introduction. My personal practice is to ignore such requests and I apply it consistently just like tenant screening - so...
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Hello BP community!My name is Alex Vlamis. Like many people here I read Rich Dad Poor Dad not that long ago and realized I've been doing it wrong for quite some time. I work on Wall Street in the mortgage securities b...
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Hello All! I'm a newbie to real estate investing and was wondering if anyone has used dohardmoney.com for hard money lending? They require you to put 3k of your money up front and they finance 100% of purchase price &...
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Hey everyone! I'm a broke senior college student (business graduating in December!) and I'm looking to get into the many aspects of RE. I know it is better to pick a niche and specialize, but I really don't have a way...
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