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Hello BP members, After a recent meeting with some fellow investors in my marketplace Cleveland Ohio it was scary that we all have stories of out of town investors contacting us to check in on their properties that t...
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Hello BP,Calling on all real estate agents. I am lining things up to purchase another rental after the first of the year. This deal came to me off market from the same seller that I have bought property from before. T...
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HelloHoping someone can help with this answer before digging in deep. I have an elderly ill father with two mentally handicap brothers in the state of Florida. He wants to bequeath his home to me so that my brothers...
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I discovered the Bigger Pockets website several months ago and became really excited about all the great information that is being shared on the topic of succeeding financially using Real Estate. Since then I started ...
I have a question about lottery-type tax lien sales that I'm hoping someone can help me with.
The treasurer's office lists this information on their site:
"A participant of the sale cannot pick and choose properties...
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Here is a scan of my closing costs. I know a lot of those are legit, but the settlement charge seems really high, and also the survey. And the Document preparation fee, seems BS. I am already paying for real estate a...
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Hi BP community, I am following up some Pre-foreclosure leads and would like to know how long roughly it takes to transact a "subject to" agreement. I know it is generally quicker than going out and getting a loan, bu...
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I purchased a single family house in Montgomery, AL...on Ebay. The seller wasn't the original owner, he was reselling this property for someone else. After I transferred him the money for the property, he sent me a Wa...
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As a long term, buy and hold investor, should I hold title to the property in an LLC to increase asset protection or is having an umbrella insurance policy enough? or both?
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Okay, so this one is a little out there even for me!What on earth could I possibly be talking about? $3,900 for a real house, not a Barbie doll house right? Where am I -- Detroit??? (See what I did there Josh, you ...