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Been thinking about this question a lot as I work with many real estate investors and I plan to be one myself. Let the fun begin!
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As a bit of background, I live in Los Angeles, my investments consist of sfh in Ohio and one vacation rental here in California. Before I began investing, I got my CA real estate license (Its now expIred), signed on w...
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Hi everyone, I completed the purchase and renovation of my first rental property this fall. It’s rented out as of Oct 1. So my next step is to set up an LLC (in process) and then cash out refinance to fund my second p...
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Hey Everyone! This might be a dumb question but what is the difference between a hard money loan and a personal loan you could receive from a bank or a site like credible? Because I haven't really heard of using a per...
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Hello BP fam:I am interested in wholesaling in the greater New Orleans market. At present, I am educating myself as much as I can on the art of wholesaling (via BP, podcast, print, and NOREIA meetings) and I am also ...
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Do you use one LLC for all of your investment properties or one for each property? If not an LLC, which entity do you use and why? Doesn't the added cost of maintaining an LLC substantially eat into profit, especially...
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Good morning all!
First and definitely not last post or question here. I looked around a bit and didn't find anything that came up in relation to my personal question. Anyways...!
I am looking to purchase a multi-...
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Hello, my name is Sarah Junker. I am young and wishing to learn as much as I can as to how to break into the real estate world. To begin, I have chosen to look into how to buy banknotes then find investors to sell the...
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How do you guys show occupied MLS properties? and what if the first investor doesnt want it and you have to show it to another ? do you submit your offer with a contengency for this?
and IF anyone can comment On thi...
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It seems as though some of the best deals are with investors that deal directly with home owners. I think I know myself pretty well and this is not an area I am interested in or will probably excel at.
With that b...