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Let me start by saying that I discovered this forum a few weeks ago and can't get enough. I feel like I have gained about 100 mentors overnight, and all I wanted was one.
My question is for seasoned investors who, a...
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Hello BP fam! So I am in New York City, and I desperately want to buy my first rental property. I am 21 and my goal is to eventually acquire 1,000+ units. As everyone knows, New York is extremely expensive so I was wo...
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What have you done to make the most of your retirement accounts (401k, IRA, 403B, ESA, etc.)? I recently converted an old 401k that wasn’t doing much for me into a self direct individual retirement account (commonly r...
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I have an ethical question related to making an owner financing offer. Here is the offer I am considering making with theoretical numbers to get everyone's feedback on:The owner would like to sell the property for $1...
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Great article about new restrictions when selling a property and providing financing to the end buyer. These restrictions go into effect under Dodd-Frank on January 10. These are federal restrictions, not limite...
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My husband and I work good W2 jobs in construction (me in project management, he is a carpenter). We love real estate and want to have more rentals in our area of rural Seattle Skagit County. We have one rental house ...
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I'm currently in the Dallas - Ft. Worth market - I haven't been investing long (since 2009), but recently I've been turning my rentals into paper via seller financing. Many of these properties have mortgages with less...
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I know that there have been a lot of posts about whether or not to use an LLC or not for REI. This is not a post about that. We have settled on doing an LLC. However, I have heard a few times on the podcast and in boo...
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Hey there BP community,I'm getting ready to tie up a house in phoenix with hard money and i'm having some issues with the refinance part.Here's the deal:Purchase price: 90kARV: 135KRehab costs: 5kThe issues that i'm c...
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We'd like to get a HELOC to be able to have money to put down with a HML in order to be able to purchase a property to fix and flip.We have about $150k in equity in our personal home. We have credit scores in the mid...