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Everyone calls me Chip. My experience thus far with real estate has been buying my homes and investigations into real estate ownership as well as how certain people paid for their property. I am a police investigator...
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Just getting started in real estate and I keep seeing asset protection as being very important. How do I determine what kind of protection to have S-Corp LLC or both? Can anyone explain how I could have both and what ...
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Hi BP Members!A shout out from Seoul, South Korea, where a group of overseas and international investors have been able to create a strong and thriving community out here thanks to the support of BiggerPockets.If you'...
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My business partner @Christina Coleman and I are very fortunate to have a real estate agent who is also our fix & flip mentor. She's experienced in this area, and has sort of adopted us like another mom. :) She's ...
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Surprisingly I wasn't nervous at all. It was a lot scarier in my mind than in reality. I offered $70k for vacant rental property with two buildings (four units) within walking distance to our state university, $348k A...
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Hi everyone!I’m new to REI and eager to start out. I want to do fix & flips to begin building capital for a rental portfolio. I’ve been talking to hard money lenders and as a beginner I must give a 20% down paymen...
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Be easy on me. Just getting started in real estate investing. Whats the best avenue to get into investing? Short term? Flipping? Dont have a ton of extra cash but some (100-200k)
We did recently buy an acreage an...
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Hello BP community,What are your thoughts on the real estate market going completely virtual in the next 5-10 years? Zillow purchasing Trulia for close to $3B shows the rest of the world they have something up their s...
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Hey just wanted to start up this newest sub-forum on Bigger Pockets with an intro post about where RE investors, like us, should look to in the Rio Grande Valley. I just recently moved to the valley about a year ago ...
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Hi! I am new here. I wanted to become a real estate investor and got all the way up to where I couldn't buy any because I M BROKE! Is there such a thing as 100% financing? I can get good deals (70-75% LTV) but need to...