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I’m so new to real estate and would love some encouraging stories and ANY advice for starting out!
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Ok, hypothetical, but will become realistic I am 22 and I make 140k a year. I live off of 36k and want to invest the rest into real estate. The goal is to create an investing business where all profits can be retaine...
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Hello everyone. I'm new to the forum and have enjoyed reading everyone's posts on the subject.
I'm wanting to get started getting my feet wet and REI and have about 40k in cash that I can spare to invest. Rece...
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Hi BP community!What are your thoughts on purchasing a single family home, renovating it, living in it for a little over a year and then renting it to a long term tenant?I’ve heard mixed responses from different peopl...
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When borrowing a smaller amount from family, say 25k, for a downpayment, is it at all common to do a 30-year ammortizing loan? If so, what rate? Is 7.5% 30 year ammortizing reasonable? I want it to be attractive to th...
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Hi all...
Just a question for the vets....
I understand that when you BID as an "Owner-Occ", you have to actually occupy the home for @ least 6-12 months BEFORE refi'ing or selling.
And when you BID as Investor and...
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Im not sure what to do at this point. I have exhausted several thousand dollars in attorney fees and many hours tending to this situation. We have a tenant who moved in the 1st of May and in the third week of May the ...
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So we do marketing consulting services for other investors and I've been noticing that a majority of our clients outsource their PPC work and are seeing pretty terrible returns over the past 12 months. But it wasn't ...
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Just obtained my Real Estate license, and saw a few postings for a Transaction Coordinator.
From my understanding it seems Transaction Coordinators get paid a base salary + $150 to $350 per a deal that closes that t...
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To date, we have flipped 2 houses and purchased 3 rental units since June of last year. The most recent rental purchase is not ready to rent. My husband does most of the work but it is taking so long. I've tried ev...