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Unless someone can prove otherwise, I’m fairly certain I was just scammed out of $3,400 by a supposed “Lead Provider.” I’m sharing my story so everyone can be aware and hopefully avoid the same experience.
I received...
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Although I'm not a big fan of using the Capitalization (Cap) Rate to analyze a property, it is a number used by many investors as a quick one-dimensional metric. It is also one that is more commonly used in the comme...
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Hello BP,I started my real estate investment career a little over a year ago. I bought my first three properties within two months of each other. Two of these were turn key rentals and the other was a rental rehab tha...
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Hey Community,New investor here. I've seen such a wealth of insights being offered across the many posts I've consumed since starting this journey. It's been hard to keep up, so I'd love one resource. I want to compil...
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Hi all,My wife and I recently moved back from the Bay Area (grew up on the East Side) and purchased a 2 bd 2.5 bath in Ohio City this Fall. Our plan is to hold onto this property and eventually rent (in 3 - 5 years). ...
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I have been looking heavily into lease options, but I have seen some on here saying there could be legality issues. Apparently some laws were enacted on the federal level to restrict a person's ability to take advanta...
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Economic Update(Monday, December 7, 2020)
Everyone keeps asking when will Congress pass a new stimulus package that our economy so desperately needs? The good news is that Congress is once again considering severa...
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I'm tweaking our owner finance program our company has been using as a way to find good folks but currrently have bad credit. We've found selling when you say "owner financing, wrecked credit is ok" has many advantag...