Brandon Turner
You know you're a real estate investor when...
So I'm lying in bed, exhausted. Just when I fall asleep, my cat wakes me up just to be annoying.
But rather than quickly falling back to sleep... I start doing real estate math in my head. And suddenly I'm wi...
Harman N.
Starting my REI adventure with a duplex in San Francisco Bay Area
Howdy everyone!Long time lurker, first time poster here! For the past year, whenever I Googled something about REI BP would inevitably come up, but I finally made an account! Since last spring '15 I was looking to buy...
Laura H.
The Shell Game - Pay off Debts or Invest?
I'm trying to take the approach of having my money work for me instead of the other way around. The struggle, however, is balancing what looks good on paper with what I want to do; being disciplined and careful, but n...
Alicia Marks
QOTW: what’s the average cost per sqft to rehab?
Welcome to the new Question of the Week! It looks like estimating rehab is a big hurdle, so let’s get talking!
Make sure to vote in our poll and mention your location and average in our post. If you can give ballpark...
Orita Issartel
Tenant buys refrigerator without consulting me wants me to pay
A tenant who has just moved into a property I was using once a week for 2-3 days at a time had told me last week that they had a problem with the fridge. The wife told me she had cleaned under and it looked like it wa...
Jerry W.
MY 2013 AND 2014 GOALS AND WHAT I ACCOMPLISHED. NOW TELL ME HOW YOU DID!
In reviewing my posted goals for 2013 and 2014 I have the following results.2013 My goal was to buy a fix and flip and add 1-3 cash flowing rentals. I bought a fix and flip in a nearby town that needed a lot of work....
Jordan Bowley
Unique Approach to Mortgage Loans (cross-collateralization)
Hello again BG Bloggers! (I posted this earlier in another forum on accident!)
I am looking for anyone who has experience or a potential POC for someone who may know or has used cross-collateralization to negotiate a...
Matt Honeyford
Ready to give up - But not willing to.
Hello BP peeps,
This is frustrating and I'm ready to give up, but I'm not willing to. I've worked too hard getting set up. I have all the funding I need to work on multiple flips at the same time and I even have a cr...
Pavel Sakurets
Wondering what profit are you guys making on your flips before overhead
This was a very slow year for us on flips. We did only 16. From 16 we only sold 14 and 2 were sold to rent to own tenants.Margins ranged from minus 3k on one :) to 23k on most profitable one.What are you guys making?
Hannah Joy
Overextending? Need advice from the old timers
I have managed to obtain 3 buy/hold properties in 3 years and am in the middle of converting the garage on the 3rd. A property just came on the market that seems like a very good deal, and exactly what I look for. I f...