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Hey guys. I'm an 18 year old kid with a day dreaming motivation to one day become a successful real estate investor. One huge question i have is how to actually get started. Would you guys recommend me to take out a l...
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My name is Alex, I'm international student from Indonesia. I graduated in 2014 from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with B.S. in Computer Science. Currently, I work full-time as software engineer in a start...
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I invest through a company that does group loans to borrowers doing SFH rehabs and flips. Often, I have cash sitting around between opportunities and have looked all over for a bank that will hold the cash in some ki...
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Thanks for having me as a member of the community. I've had a rental property in the Portland (OR) metropolitan area for the past six years. I recently decided to expand my portfolio. My friend from the Marines Corps ...
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My name is Donnie McGriff and I look forward to becoming an active poster on BP as well as an active investor in my area. I think the community of people at BP is extremely positive/unique and I look forward to becom...
Hey Everyone,My girlfriend and I have real estate goals of being landlords and within 10 years get to a point where we are generating $10,000/month in rental real estate by buying 2, 3, and 4 family homes and at some ...
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Ok. while bidding on Hud homes, I apparently put in Huds asking price instead of my actual bid price. I am the agent. I put offers in on 10 properties expecting all of them to be countered. No surprise, this on...
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I’m almost 21 and still in school but I’m interested in real estate because I’ve heard of what it’s been able to do for people. Since I’m still in school I don’t have much money, I’m trying to learn as much as I can a...
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Hi,I was all educated and ready to go a couple of years back until I let fear derail me. I have re-sparked my desire to become financially independent through real estate.
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I have an agent that has been attempting to sell my property(Duplex) for 190 days. She is telling me that it is a slow market. I consider her a friend but I was thinking about retaining another agent. One deal fell th...