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Hello,After taking a couple vacations to Orlando, FL by staying at airbnbs, I have gained interest in real estate investing. I've been considering it for a year now and I would love to buy a place or (or more) within ...
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I presently have a 401k. I am wondering if I wanted to set it up to do private lending out of it and so set it up to be self directed, how do I handle the portion of funds that I don’t want to lend out?
For example,...
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Has anyone ever filed a FOIA request with a municipality to find out if the title on a property is insurable?I overheard someone at the title company the other day talking about filing a FOIA to find out if a particul...
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Your First Year as a Real Estate Investor:
From:
Matt H
South of the North Saskachewan River
Tuesday 5:37 a.m.
Dear Friend,
It's way too early to be up and writing to you...
But in a few hours I'll be working on s...
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Hey BP,I'm finally doing my first flip. I started off with two out-of-state SFH university rentals to get my toe in the water. Now, I found a hell of a deal in a hot market, and its just about closing time. The projec...
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Hi! What do you guys do if a couple apply for your rental unit, one of them has a great credit score, and the other one doesn't?
Hello everyone,
I’m a 18 year old electrical apprentice and I’m looking to do a full dive into real estate investing.
I am in the union and earning base wage, parking, vacation pay, pension and full benefits are cov...
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Hello Bigger Pockets Family!
It took listening to ten BP podcasts and reading a few books from the website to finally grow the courage to make this post. My Jude Cineas and I are from Tampa, Florida. I recently gradu...
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I am looking to get into REI and have six figures in retirement accounts to potentially obtain multi family in Chicago market.
Friend / Mentor uses Equity Trust Company to purchase and hold real estate in IRA throug...
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Hi guys, after researching myself into paralysis, I've decided to push into real estate full speed ahead. With that being said. I'd just like to ask and see if my plan sounds okay. And basically ask for all around ad...