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I've been reading the basics of note investing, and keep coming across people recommending buying notes that have a lot of equity. I don't quite understand it and was hoping you guys could explain it to me (I'm sure i...
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So, I have noticed that real estate prices have really skyrocketed in Orlando, Phoenix, etc. just over the last year. I mean they have gone up 20-25% for SFH. Do you think this kind of rise is sustainable? Do you t...
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Sometimes it's good to look at a new venture from the angle of the most common causes of failure.Let's get the non-action/motivation ones out of the way. Most people fail anything due to not starting, not studying en...
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If you have spent even one minute on these forums, you've run into Jay Hinrichs. He's one of our most prolific contributors, currently sitting at Number Five on the all-time posters list.Jay has been investing forever...
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Full disclosure: My partner and I are complete newbies to wholesaling and commercial real estate. We had no intention of getting into commercial, but in the process of looking for residential properties to wholesale w...
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Brand new to BP, just getting started with RE investment and am looking to invest in multifamily, duplex/triplex eventually once I have solid understanding of it. In the meantime, I would like to have some passive inv...
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So my tenants paid $1000 of the $1200 that they own me. Rent is due on the first, but late fees don't kick in until after the 3rd (on the 4th). The late fee is $30- day. Do I charge them the whole late fee or pro-r...
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Here is a situation I'd love your feedback on: My first rental property (the Kurt Cobain house) has had a little old lady living there since I moved out 6 years ago. She has been paying $510 pretty much all along. The...
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I have been investing with my own money for the past 4 years, and have built a pretty healthy portfolio of cash flow properties, and once my 1031 exchange is complete, I'll have 17 units, mostly free and clear, paying...
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Economic Update
(Monday, March 29, 2021)
This pandemic has really exposed the fault lines in our workforce demographics. It has exposed the divide between those who can work from home and those who can’t (deemed e...