Joseph Falco
How should I invest $2 million
I’m in the process of selling my business(food) and the building it’s located in to my partner, I will net about $2m for my 1/3 of everything.I want to re-invest most of this money( after I pay off all my bullshit deb...
Chris Campbell
Advice needed: Tenant signs lease and asks to pay after move in
Hi BP Community. I'm asking for some advise on next steps. I signed with some new tenants who have had some bad luck recently. They don't have the security deposit and are now saying that they won't have all the rent ...
Carrie Doan
Newbie question re: hard money
Hi there - totally new to real estate investing and I envision I will need to approach a HML at some point to get our first deal going. This may be a common sense question, but I'm wondering - at what point do you ap...
Justin B.
Is the REO/Rental market about to collapse?
The primary, if not only, reason there has been a brief spike in subsidized demand for housing in recent months (2012), has been the GSE/FHFA endorsed REO-To-Rental plan, and associated securitization condui...
James Park
Mobile home parks - does funding exist to fill up empty lots?
Hi everyone,About a year ago, I decided to focus my investing efforts on mobile home park investing. It's been an interesting journey so far, but I've had some success buying some out-of-state properties - specifical...
Evan C.
So is this how substitution of collateral (substitution of security) works?
Maybe someone can educate me on the actual uses and mechanics of using a substitution of collateral clause (aka substitution of security) in a loan when you are the borrower. I understand this is almost only used betw...
Jeff NA
Calls are coming in and I still have serious questions.
After many starts and stops trying to get started in some area of real estate investing, I finally have calls starting to come in from a direct mail campaign. Problems is that I have many serious questions, and while ...
Rob Pattison
Buying a retirement home in Costa Rica using 401k money
I'd like some advice on the wisdom of using $100k of my 401k money to buy a retirement home in Costa Rica.The facts: I'm 57 years old and live in Hermosa Beach, where I rent an apartment. The houses here are $2 mill...
Nathan McQueen
Any Dave Ramsey Followers out there...?
Hi there BiggerPockets world,This is my first post here on BP, I’m a newbie/ wanna be investor. I’m working on educating myself on the real estate investing world. I’m posting this to get some advice from the BP world...
Ariel K.
Buy or Invest in Syndications?
Just curious - If you had 250K, would you buy real estate on your own or invest in a multifamily syndicated deal and why? I realize there are many variables, but let's assume the IRRs are comparable. The building(s)...