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Hey BP!My mind has been on buy-and-hold for the past few months as I've been learning about real estate. The goal was to buy my first investment property by the end of the year.But. After thinking about it, flipping s...
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Still learning, so I figured it would be good to keep some running updates on my progress with this!This is my first purchase after getting involved with BP. I had purchased a SFH when I lived in CA because I “fell in...
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Hi Team, I been presented with this "Deal" in Houston Tx. its a 4plex in an area around the universality of Houston. its lower socioeconomic area which I been told gradually been transform. The property is 100% occupi...
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Hi all, new to the BP site. I've been binge listening to Josh and Brandon's podcast and loving it. You all are so knowledgable in the field and looking forward to being apart of BP.My wife and I are looking at purchas...
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I often hear that it's important to keep your properties heavily mortgaged to keep the equity down, so that you don't look "juicy" for a lawsuit. (assuming there's a reason for being sued in the first place) I cannot...
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Hey BP friends,Backstory:I'm in process of rehabbing a 1920s house in San Antonio, Texas, which has a cedar post pier & beam foundation. The house is 1600sqft total with a second story being only 500 sqft. The fou...
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Hello friends,
Being in the mortgage business for the past 4 as well as being a property manager i have established a pretty good relationship with a good amount of realtors. I have been calling around and telling t...
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Hello,Looking to become an investor in the Scranton, PA area. I live locally.My initial plan would be buy/hold duplexes and eventually larger multi-unit properties in the suburbs around Scranton, such as Dunmore, Dic...
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I own homes in another state. I've leased them out for a number of years and always had the lessee responsible for full maintenance of the property as if they were the homeowner. The exception to that is I've paid...
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Is that even legal? Is it ethical?I had a homepath offer accepted on the 30th at 11:54 pm so basically midnight. And we went to get the packet in (signed doc, earnest money, etc) today but my realtor got another email...