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What have other investors found as most effective strategies to finding deals?I’m here in Central Jersey and have been scanning the market for about 9-12 months without much success. I’m starting to believe that once ...
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Hi everyone!
My name is Joe DeMonte & I live in Orange County, Ca. I am originally from Chicago, Il but moved to sunny SoCal in 2008.
I'm completely new to REI, but have always been interested in investing for qu...
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I am buying a 4 unit property. Currently 2 of the 4 units are rented near but slightly below market rate. The owner stated he could deliver the units empty if needed. I do not plan on doing major repairs at the moment...
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I'm working with a seller on FCI Exchange who has not recorded his assignment and says: "We don't record our position until it is under contract. FCI can record our assignment at time of close." This does not seem ...
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Hi all , I'm a newbie to note investing. Done very exhaustive research on the subject and would love to hear your experience when you first started baying your first Note. (what, how, where)At the momen...
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I have a three-unit property, and the family in the main house has a well-behaved male dachshund. Now they want to get a female to keep the male company--and they want to breed and "find good homes for" the puppies. ...
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Hello BiggerPockets friends!I closed on my first rental property about a week ago, it’s a duplex with both side occupied. Few days after close I was made aware one of the tenants had been locked up in jail (6 felonies...
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A partner and I are in the midst of two fix and flips northeast of Tulsa and haven't been particularly impressed with the quality and speed of licensed contractors. For what seemed like a decent amount of money there ...
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Hello all, I am hoping to get some insights from real estate agents who do a lot of work with investment properties and short term rental acquisitions especially! How do you feel the market is nowadays? Are you still ...
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i have been listening to the Epic Real Estate and Turnkey Real Estate podcast and keep hearing Epic Fast Funding advertised. Has anyone used them?Currently I use private money for cash purchases and then refi after re...