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hi BPSorry I need a venue to rant.No details bc I understand the hardship of other agent (also my friend)Is my suspicion of games sellers/agents play and statics confirmed? But I don't know the laws very well....So as...
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My name is Brie and I am a newbie here from Chicago. My husband and I started investing in RE about 2 years ago and currently own 3 buildings in the city. The two we rent out and self manage (3 flats) were purcha...
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Wow, so I could write a book about my story that I am so excited about, but I will try to keep it somewhat short.
Basic Background: My family and I have started a little family business and are trying our best to le...
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Hello, My name is Ryan Moore and I have been an accidental real estate investor for the last 5 years. Due to a work relocation I had to rent my first home. I thought I was making a long term move and ended up buying p...
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1 rental is vacant, I'm in contract on another but the bank is asking me to provide lease docs on the vacant unit and I'm concerned at what the ramifications may be if the property isn't rented out even though I have ...
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I recently had the opportunity to listen to Bigger Pockets Podcast 063.
Lots of great information was shared. I want to take time to highlight two of the resources that were shared. You may have already seen ...
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Unfortunately, I got into a situation with a colleague that I have invested with before, lending him money and receiving a favorable return. Well his development projecct this time, is in foreclosure with the hard mo...
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I have a potential partner and this is what we are thinking. Each of us roll traditional IRA's of the same amount of money (say $100K) into new SDIRA's. Each of us also set up new LLC's. My SDIRA lends his LLC $100...
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Good morning BPers!So we're very excited to get started and thanks to BP and all the input from everyone, we think we're ready. So here's our question. We live in the Denver metro area and have been pretty discourage...
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My main impetus for jumping into the real estate investing game is the potential for (near) passive income and the financial freedom that it brings. Thus, I am only interested in deals that cash flow positively. Howev...