Shawn Loftin
Foreclosure Auction Prep
I have found a really good deal and may be the only person to have seen the home. I do not have all the cash I need to purchase the home yet but it looks like getting the property at a 30% discount is a conservative ...
Zachary Steidl
Finding Deals In a Saturated Market
My question is how does the little guy investor get started and ACTUALLY find good deals? A lot of the market is controlled by the top investors and they usually hear about the good deals before they come on the marke...
Joe Strickley
Aloha from Hawaii
I'm currently residing in Hawaii, but will probably be heading back to California mid 2010. I'm pretty much retired and like a lot of folks want to invest in income properties for good returns. Neither Hawaii not Cali...
Matthew Kelly
Newbie from San Diego
I'm just starting out in real estate investing. I became a real estate agent in the past for the purposes of getting into investing, but there was no one to show me how to "get my feet wet", so I had to put that ende...
Traver Freeman
Noise cost impact question
There's a property I've had my eye on in my neighborhood in Southern California that's been on the market for a little while. It hasn't sold in at least the two months I've been watching it. I'm in a pretty competitiv...
Daniel Smith
Commission rate when selling high-end property
Hi all,Is standard real estate commission at a full-scale brokerage still 6% to the seller? Somewhere in my mind I feel like I heard 5% is the standard when selling a high-end property (mid 7 figures). Am I just makin...
David Friedman
nontraditional property changes / mods to unlock value?
One of the tenets of investing is to buy low and sell (or rent) high. I've started0my search for my first real investment, after owning a number of "turnkey"condos over the last 20 years.Other than finding the right p...
Cordero Miguel
What should I ask for from the seller?
Hey BP nation. I have a co-worker who offered to sell me his duplex for 140k. Current rents are 1k for one side and 1050 for the other. The numbers look pretty good but he told me that the roof will need replacing in ...
Dustin Tran
Do I have to use local lender?
Does it matter if I find a local lender or not? I am looking to invest in Texas but I have worked with a couple lenders in Kansas and Georgia for my primary home.
Steven Gesis
Garden Style Value-Add Multi-Family Apartment Exited
Investment Info:
Large multi-family (5+ units) commercial investment investment in Cleveland.
Purchase price: $155,000
Cash invested: $240,000
Sale price: $703,000
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