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We had a showing at our home today....the agent stepped outside to take a cigarrette break, leaving the buyer inside alone for 10 minutes, then putting the cigarette out onto our exterior concrete patio.
Is it approp...
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Hello All, Thank you for your contributions to these BP discussions...Truly helpful information for a newbie investor like myself. Through networking I have been offered to partner on a flip with a real estate agent/c...
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Is there a cost to from me (the wholesaler) to put a property under contract?
If there isn't any, how is that so?
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How feasible (if at all) is it to manage your own properties (rental) while being fully employed in thr corporate world?
Meaning, I have a 9-5 job. Will this hinder me in being able to manage a duplex/tripex myself? ...
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Hey there, My name is Chris Collins, 33, from Los Angeles, CA. Married with a 6 month old son. I work in the TV industry as an editor, and also play drums in a few bands. I make a pretty solid paycheck, but having ...
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Good evening Bigger Pockets. I am in escrow on a property in Sacramento that is off market and due to close in about 2 weeks. Most of all my real estate has been buy and hold. This property in particular I am debat...
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Hi All,New investor here! I'm currently doing as much reading and learning as I can about investments (before I make my first purchase) and currently am looking to the mid west/Texas. I currently reside in CA and want...
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New investor here that's been using a turn key provider and I have what I hope is a newb question. I am concerned by the fact that I have a deposit down on what's a new build construction home from a turnkey provider...
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We have a tenant on Section 8 in Missouri. Single mother. She wants to add her son's pregnant girlfriend and, in fairness to her daughter, her boyfriend. "To help them get on their feet". (We are not here to couns...
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Many years ago, decades actually, people with high debt loads, like us real estate investors, could not achieve high credit scores. The algorithm would limit scores based on arbitrary absolute numbers, like $2,000,000...