David Beard
Private Lending for Buy & Hold
I was interested to hear what others might be doing in securing non-bank financing. We all have a circle of potential lenders/acquaintances that we could tap, without the hassle (or outright impossibility) of dealing...
Max T.
Am I the mean landlord?
First situation: Apartment was advertised at $1400 for a 2 bed/1 bath house. Prospective tenants had 2 pets and we agreed to increase rent to $1430 (15/pet). Lease was written up with the 2 pets allowed and the rent s...
Patrick Bavaro
Day 4 as a Landlord, and need to get rid of my tenant
Hello BP! As some of you may know, I recently became a landlord over the weekend through my first house-hack. I'm attributing this issue to being new to the game, and not executing my application/screening process as ...
Sunny Suh
Diary of my first step: Jersey City NJ Multi-Family- No experience, no idea what i'm doing, no regrets
Hello everyone, Complete noob here. I started investing in a set it and forget it type stock/index portfolio and it has done well. Had to do a lot of research.Now I am jumping in real estate, going for that multiple s...
Chris Clothier
StrongBrook? Anyone heard of them...
Out of the blue I am receiving messages about a company called Strongbrook and how great they are and that I should refer all of my clients to this great and ethical company. Seriously, that was the message. I have ...
John Fedro
How many individual mobile homes can you "buy/sell" per year before getting a MH retailers license? (Find out here)
Hi friends,
I have noticed that most folks on the forum here at BP are very concerned about not breaking the Fed laws that many people under-look state licensing requirements.
Below is a list of the requirements fro...
Llewelyn A.
New Broker - How to do learn Brokerage Operations
@Russell Brazil@James Wise@Joel Owens@Darren Sager@jay hinrichsWell, I find myself in a bit of a dilemma.I decided to get my Broker's License and start a Brokerage Firm. I now have my NY Real Estate BROKER's License (...
Gerry Magrini
My Tenant Wants to Rent my Unit on Airbnb. Should I allow this?
Hi Everyone,I have a potential tenant who wants to rent one of my units for over asking, but he wants to list it on Airbnb. He was up front with me when he came to look at the apartment -- completely honest, fully tra...
Account Closed
For The Love of Pete Don't Syndicate your First Deal!
There has been a lot of activity in the forums about newbies syndicating real estate. I feel like someone needs to be a voice of reason here. Look, I get it. The allure of doing big deals and taking big fees for buyin...
Omar Merced
Raphael Kisel stole $13k from me
So this guy @Raphael Kisel is a scam artist. I asked BP to remove but because of their policies (which I understand) they cannot. So I am here to tell all of you to be careful of this person. This is probably not him ...