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How does one go about being a private money lender?Is there a standard contract available?What are the standard interest rates?Does one charge points?How long is a private money loan typically offered for?What is the ...
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Hello BP Community! I'm new to BP and a recent transplant to New Orleans. I'm originally from sunny Sacramento, California and moved to the Big Easy to marry my fiance, who is a native New Orleanian. I moved from a dr...
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Hi Everybody!
I'm a new member looking to get started in the Spokane/Coeur D'Alene market. I've been reading the forums on BP for while so thought I would go ahead and say hello.
I'm looking to start do...
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I've been studying the Fort Worth / Dallas area to do a flip and been trying to get a realistic idea of local cost. I'm analyzing deals to see if they would be worth buying. I'm more familiar with LA cost with can be ...
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Hey guys and gals! I'm Mike, I live just a touch south of Dover Delaware and have been here for about 11 years. I'm 21 and less than 4 months away from graduating; I graduate August 22nd and I count every single day u...
Hey BP crowd,I'm a new member from the Chicagoland area looking to get started in buy and hold investing. I just graduated from NU in March, so I'd like to get into the market by way of house-hacking, if at all possib...
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Hi all!I'm excited to be a part of the BP community. My name is Sean and I'm just starting out in real estate investing. My short-term goals are to wholesale a few properties to raise some capital to buy my first ho...
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I currently own two homes. One I live in and one I rent. I recently listened to the podcast with Ashley Hamilton and she spoke of buying houses in foreclosures or auctions for 3000 all in. My question is - how? I am i...
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Hey There,
New here. I have been reading for quite some time here, as well of stacks and stacks of books. Would like to interact with some people before I try to get my feet wet and jump in. Don't want to make any...
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Hello, my name is, Chris Kates and I'm a newbie in real estate. The only experience I have is the purchase of 3 homes, 2 of my own. 1 of the 3 homes was a rehab and flip almost 10 years ago and I broke even. That stil...