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Is it customary for private lenders not banks to ask you to provide your own credit history? I have done several loans with banks and they always just pulled my credit. I am starting to work with a private lender and...
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Good evening My name is Luis and I’m new to these forums. I live in Los Angeles county and would like to enter the real estate market. I have been an entrepreneur for most of my life. I currently have a business that ...
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I realize this question will bring a lot of different answers, but that's okay, in fact, that's what I want it to do. I pride myself on attempting to find quality deals not just something that will line my pockets. I ...
Hello,I have recently began to take my first steps into the real estate investing world where I am currently seeking as much information as possible before officially taking the dive in. I have been reading books, lis...
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My wife and I are working on our first BRRR. This property came to us from a family friend. She had inherited the property and was living in it for the past couple of years. She could not keep up with the upkeep of th...
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Hi All!As my learning continues I have made it a habit to run numbers on houses just to get the practice. What I have run into a number of times is the potential rentals having a positive cash flow but not meeting the...
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Hey BP Family! I’m Joe Lebron. I’m currently employed as a tractor trailer driver. I currently stay right outside of Richmond, VA in the town of Ashland. I’m looking to get into my first Fix & Flip or a brrr. Look...
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I was speaking with a guy today about his home in Colorado Springs. He just transferred to Milwaukee for his job, and is living in an apartment here. He left a house back in Colorado Springs. He said it's on 2.5...
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Personally, of all problems that a property might have, meth contamination, even when remediated scares me the most. I'm finding more and more flippers and wholesalers who are pretty cavalier about remediated propert...
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Hi fellow BP'ers. I thought I could get some thoughts and experiences.I am looking at a foreclosure, unoccupied for at least a year or so, that was previously owned by an investor. Their initial rehab was obviously sh...