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Hello there,I am new, and interested, in starting my journey in real estate investing. There is one question I have to start this out:How can I tell if an area I want to invest in is declining, rising, or a poor decis...
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I love using a realtor to purchase houses to flip, and have a great relationship with my agent. But when it comes to selling, in our market, I like to do it myself. I am not an agent, but am pretty good at showing my ...
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Hi,
I am a physician finishing up residency in a few years and would like to invest in commericial properties. I'm thinking NNN (fast food joints, banks, drug stores), self-storage, strip malls. My goal is to save...
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I am a RE Agent and have a flip that I recently completed. I am wondering what are some creative ideas others have used to sell a home. I have done the traditional: list on MLS, Craigslist, send listing to other age...
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My husband and I started looking for investment properties late 2010. We saw so many properties in so many areas before finding our first in June 2010. Since then I have alerts on Redfin and at least glance at ev...
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When i searched the listings in my area i came about properties priced between 2000- 10000. Why are these homes priced soo low?
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Here is the scenario:I just purchased a property in Connecticut. The old owner is in assisted living an left anything he didn't want (trash out was negotiated as part of purchase price). The seller left a number of gu...
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I am going to sell a rental SFH and have notified my tenants. They have been on a month-to-month lease and have already stayed past the 45 days I gave them to vacate. They want to move to another part of town but de...
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Although the properties I am about to mention were primary residences, and not really investments, I writing this in the hope that my story so far can demonstrate the following: 1.The power of appreciation in developi...
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Hi BP Family!I'm currently living in Chicago in a condo that I bought almost 5 years ago as a foreclosure. I'm trying to figure out what my next best move would be, now that I'm trying to get started in real estate in...