Phil Sharp
Buy-and-hold strategies in high priced areas
I have lived in the San Francisco bay area for the last 15 or so years, and am anxious to start doing some buy-and-hold investing. However, it seems that price-to-rent ratios are solidly over 30 in my area, and gener...
Raeshelle C.
Best way to start out investing with $10K?
How would you invest in your first rental property if you had $10K? I am going to get a personal loan so that I can get started. I want to buy and hold. I live in MA. I could house-hack first and do it through FHA and...
Joshua Dorkin
Diary of a New Construction Project
Back in March 2013, BiggerPockets and J Scott collaborated to release two books -- The Book on Flipping Houses and The Book on Estimating Rehab Costs (check them out here if you haven't already). As part of the book ...
Don Scott
WHY I LOVE PRIVATE MONEY LENDERS
I started investing in real estate over 8 years ago and I have done all kinds of deals. I started as a landlord and buying Rentals. Then, I started wholesaling and flipping properties (currently doing about 50 trans...
Dawn Anastasi
Section 8 Bible
Has anyone ever read these books (volume I and II)? In it, the guy talks about his strategy for buying and renting out over 300 single family homes.
For the first property, he started off with around $28,000 or so f...
Rick Lin
NPN strategies and execution
Hey everyone,
I’m really happy I found the BP community and have now listened to most of the podcasts and attended my first REIA meeting this week. I’m hoping to ride that wave and really get going on investing.
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Russell Strazzella
Leaving California for "sunnier" skies!
Hey everybody,For the last dozen years I've been working in eCommerce in Los Angeles, but am finally scratching the itch to get into real estate. I have sold my home and plan to use the profit I made as capital to bu...
Richard Singh
About to close on property, seller's lied about rental contract
Hey guys,
I've reached out previously on some reno related questions on what was up to this point a smooth process.Recap: I'm buying a 2 family in Guttenberg with an existing Section 8 tenant that was presented as mo...
Andre Vaughn
What Are the MAIN PROBLEMS with Wholesalers?
I recently got my first property under contract in the St. Louis, MO. market (Florissant, MO. to be exact). I do not have a buyers list but yet I have managed to make some great connections regarding my area where i ...
Jessica Wood
What is the real benefit of cash?
Forgive me if this seems naive, but what is the real benefit of having cash when investing in real estate vs. being able to obtain financing? Specifically 500k-1m of cash. Would it be best to use that to buy a forecl...