Hi! I know some of you are calculator and spreadsheet gurus! Has anyone developed or have a comparison tool that they use for taking a set amount ($100K)  and looking at the benefits of each. I assume I'd use a 5-7 ye...

Hi! I am a total novice and have just started on my journey to buying real estate even though I own one rental property. In 2009 we bought a primary home in Baltimore for 202k. We relocated for a job in Utah, and coul...

I am currently out of work due to covid with no income, obviously cant get a traditional mortgage loan on my own.  I hope to buy enough properties to generate enough income to never go back to my day job.  However I a...

Trying to make my first HUD offer. I'm working with the listing agent of a property and am trying to make a cash offer of 30k. The agent is asking for a bank statement to show proof of funds. I don't want the agen...

I was curious to find out from the rest of the BP community, how much weight do you give to a subject to appraisal you received before rehab when it is time to list your property and sell at retail value? Thanks f...

I recently listened to the audiobook, "Work the System," recommended by @Andy Kaufman at our last meetup, and it gave me some great ideas about setting up more well-defined and documented processes and systems ...

I have been looking for ways to invest and generate passive income for a little while now and stumbled across this site. The more I have been reading around here has inspired me and given me more direction to get s...

Dealing only with the Listing Agent in hopes of getting a better deal?

Not a good strategy, because if the listing agent is getting the whole 6%, they'll actually work harder to make you pay the ...

Market: Saint Louis, MO.
Hello everyone. My name is Ray. I am not a Real Estate Investor per se but as a Reddit /r/PersonalFinance kinda guy, I figure I should learn more about housing too :-)1 year after getting my ...

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I'm a new Realtor and want to buy a house for myself. I have not yet sold or bought a house for clients. What do you do as a Realtor if you want to buy a house for yourself? Do you buy the house through your brok...