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Making sense of make believe markets.
In a recent NYT article, writer Melissa Kirsch made the assertion that part of what makes us adults is reconciling the contradictions of our identity. As a new investor searching...
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A couple years ago I bought my first value add multifamily deal (5 units). We put a lot of work into the building itself and a few of the units, thus increasing NOI and the value of the building. A year and a half lat...
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i am not sure what i am doing wrong. my mentor claims that there is too much competition.ive been mailing, sent my 2nd mailing out last week. i am going to send out the third in two weeks.i have my bandit signsi check...
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Hello,I value this forum. When my son and I were starting out looking for a private lender or angel investor to love our idea to build a Vermont retreat as much as we did, we heard from a Peter Spencer at EQ Loan Por...
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Good afternoon community!I currently do tax liens in Mohave county and it is a pretty straight forward experience either with the annual tax sale in february or obtaining the "over the counter" list, even after the wh...
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I just wanted to know how much success people have had wholesaling in Southern California? I am currently working on executing my first wholesale deal in the Raleigh/Durham area in NC but will be living in Southern Ca...
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Investment Info:
Single-family residence buy & hold investment in Suffolk.
Purchase price: $90,000
Cash invested: $5,000
This property was my first BRRRR. I bought it at auction, rehabbed it wi...
Hello All,I am a US expat living abroad (and plan on staying abroad) and I am fairly new to BiggerPockets. I only recently became involved with real estate after taking a fascinating course on personal finance. I have...
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I have been looking through this site for the last few days and I am hooked.
A little about myself, I am 24 y.o female with a strong desire to make it in this business despite all of my family opposition! I currentl...
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As an Investor, which data field(s) on the spreadsheet do you use as the best indicator for someone to potentially sell their home. I have a bunch of data but am tryin to figure out which homeowners are most likely t...