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Aloha. My name is Susan (Sue) Lincoln. I am from Maui, but work on Oahu. I am new to REI, but I have done a couple PML's. I am currently getting ready to renovate/rehab a multi-family home in Paia to put into the ...
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Hello Everyone!I am currently a college student in Wisconsin attending UW-Eau Claire and I am looking to begin a career in home flipping and Leasing. I am hoping to get as much insight as possible on the best way to s...
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Tenant is moving out of paid off property in August. The property was purchased seven years ago for 56k in a C- neighborhood, which is now paid off and worth approximately 170k. Light renovation of the kitchen and sho...
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Anybody here that invests in Bakersfield? Is it a market that you can be successful with here in California? Would love to hear anybody's successes and failures in this area.
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This may seem like a naive/juvenile question to someone of experience, and I'm new so here it goes.
What positive/negative sides are there to having a lender who isn't local to the area I'm looking to purchase?Does i...
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Being a former hack myself (among other things), I'm prone to skepticism when it comes to mainstream journalism and this article does not really tally with the feedback we're getting here on BP.FYI, we don't do buy a...
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Can you manage properties held by your self-directed IRA? Assuming you do none of the hands on work? Same question for managing the rehab.
What if your SD IRA owns part of the property but you provide property man...
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I have a 2 family townhouse in a prime Brooklyn New York area BedStuy. All rehabbed comparable properties sell for around 2.5M. I am conflicted with partner as to whether it makes sense to Renovate this property for...
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Hi everyone,
I’ve been lurking on the site for some time, but I wanted to introduce myself now that I’m making the jump into real estate investing full time.
I’m not completely new to real estate investing becau...
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Hey guys! I would like to get an idea on how to go about starting up in the real state investment world with 100k in savings but no job/taxable income at the moment thanks for the amazing 2020. Any ideas are greatly a...