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Hi Everyone,I'm getting mixed messages on whether to become a licensed agent as an investor. Some agents tell me that there are already too many realtors & investors. Also, It's not worth getting your license beca...
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Hello all! This is going to be a rather long post, but I am very perplexed on what I should do with my very current/upcoming situation.Long Story Short, for all intensive purposes I am about 100K in debt6k left on car...
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Im closing on my 1st subto deal at $300K(240k mortgage balance, $60k Partial claim balance) Seller interest rate is 3.4% payment is $1900. I'm looking to wrap this to a end buyer for $350k at 9% interest 10% down. Sho...
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A little over 3 years ago, we initiated a system on the site called 'influence'. This
Influence System was designed to reward those users who engage and give back to BiggerPockets.
At first, the system was lauded al...
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Hello BP Land!My name is Tatiana and I am new to Bigger Pockets. Currently residing in Northern NJ. I am a commercial interior designer for a global architecture firm and serve on the Young Leaders board for CoreNet...
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After almost 10 months of hard work, I have completed by first BRRRR deal. With the appraisal complete, I now have a chance to look back on the results and offer some lessons learned for others to take note of. I have...
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So my wife and I went on a Disney Cruise last week. While on our trip we met a family from the Dayton OH area who, in addition to owning an HVAC business, owns 20 doors in that area. We are in the Charlotte NC area an...
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I've been back and forth on the idea of using our savings to invest in a STR. I've read how it has changed people's lives, but have been super apprehensive seeing how saturated the STR market has become since 2020. I ...
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As the title states; How can the credibility and reliability of a syndicator be judged? What assurances does an investor have that the general partner won't "take the money and run"?Trying to avoid a Madoff ponzi sch...
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I've been looking seriously at investing in real estate for the last month and have been learning a lot. Obviously, I've only scratched the surface of information in that time, but I'm itching to get started.
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