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I am considering buying a beach condo. Our family will probably enjoy it a couple weeks out of the year. (when we don't have paying customers).
Most of our money is tied up in Mutal Funds. If we buy the pro...
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It looks like were in the beginning stages of the rest of the world pulling away from using the US dollar. What effects do you think it will have on real estate currently owned and realestate you purchase in the fu...
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I'm starting out. I know I want to buy and hold and I know I can't manage the properties myself. Because I would like to hire a management company, I would like to start with apartment complexes. I live in CT on the s...
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I’m working the numbers on what could be my first deal. Any advice or words of wisdom??
This will be a buy and hold
REO - listed at 40k
I want to make a cash deal to get a better price - Any thoughts on what to ...
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Hi,I am a first time home buyer . Have been renting in JC and have seen both rents and house prices in last few years go up like crazy. I have been looking to buy a Multi family in JC with easy access to NY transporta...
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With elevated housing costs, and reduce interest rates, I am pondering investing money into crowd funding or private hard money loans? Can anyone with experience with either of these offer suggestions from their exper...
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I agree with J Scott that there is both passive investing (buying and holding real estate for long term wealth building) and trying to build an active real estate business.
Between working as a real estate agent vs s...
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Hey BP community,How much seasoning (history of rental income) is needed when going to execute the ‘refinance’ section of the BRRR strategy. I was speaking with Bank of America the other week and was told they’d need ...
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This image shows today’s air quality index for Portland, OR. I wonder how these annual wild fires will affect home prices in another 10-15 years from now along the entire West coast as folks change their mindset on wh...
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My wife and I are very curious about REI and we're starting to educate ourselves on the business by reading, and investing more time into BP resources. We are currently stationed in Clovis, NM with the Air Force but ...