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I've been reading the forums for a while, but never posted. My in-laws told me about a situation they are going through and this was the first place I thought to post to seek advice. I just heard about this this morni...
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Howdy Y'all!!Was doing some Googling today and found this forum. Looks to be a good one!I 'live' in Spring, Tx., but work internationally in the oil field. Been working away for about 10 years now. I'm almost ready...
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When I'm buying property at steep discounts, I've had people ask me "isn't that predatory, buying someone's house for 'less' than it's worth?"It's something worthy of consideration. I've meditated on it myself because...
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Hello everyone,I purchased a property back in 2016 in Southern California. It's a duplex. Part of the purchase agreement was that the property would be vacant for us to take over. The previous landlord sent out move o...
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I went to my credit union today and inquired about their requirements for financing on small multi-family investment properties. Unfortunately, this particular CU doesn't work with multi-family properties. The loan of...
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Hey Guys, I am trying a new strategy of not using a real estate agent myself but trying to get the sellers agent to be a “transactional agent”. The thought is this would get them somewhat on my side(although not offic...
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So this is my first post as I venture into real estate investment... hi all! I feel enlightened joining up here and starting the learning process via the Podcasts and reading up.I wanted to get the most basic of advis...
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I'm curious to know if anyone else has ever had a tenant they've never met (or their PM has never met, if applicable). I have one; a younger girl who didn't have the credit to rent, but her father did and co-signed an...
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Hey, BP!Hope all is well. I'm fairly new to BP & I've been doing due diligence on how to do simultaneous closings. I've been reading through your posts & looking at your recommendations.Here in FL there are a ...
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I am looking at trust deed investing through companies like The Norris Group (in CA) and Arixa Capital (also in CA). Anyone here already doing this with them or through other reputable companies and what has been your...