Hello all. My name is Alex. I grew up in NYC but now live in western New Jersey (the actual garden in the Garden State. lol) I currently work in the trades building electrical power lines for a living. It is good...
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There are so many websites like Zillow, Trulia, Redfin which gets fed from MLS. They are sharing first hand information to consumers on the market plus investors like us. Many consumers and new investors assume they a...
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What do you think of this?
I have never Invested before but this is my rough plan please critique as brutally honest as possible:
My primary residence is currently worth about $240k, I owe $174k. I was thinking of t...
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I have recently started my journey in learning about house flipping, Real Estate Investing etc. As you all know it takes a team effort in having finding that perfect house to flip, getting the work done in a timely a...
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Hi BP Community!Maybe there's another forum question dedicated to this, but I couldn't find it... I'm in my early 30s, new to real estate, and want to purchase my first rental property. I have a very demanding job, ...
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My partner and I met with a national banker for lunch today, he actually paid for our lunch to discuss financing for a multi family property. I was surprised to learn that his bank's terms are 5 years amortized over 2...
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Hi there,I have an opportunity to buy some properties that were purchased from the last Detroit Auction, the list of properties and prices are below. Is there anyone in Detroit that can tell me which properties would...
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I'm a rookie investor looking to purchase my 1st investment property. My realtor suggested to create an LLC and purchase the property so that you are not personally liable for any potential lawsuits. I did some intern...
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Hello all! My wife and I just bought an investment property in a different state our family is in. We plan to rent the property out and maybe Airbnb a few years later. My question is, is there anything that we need to...
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We've got a situation where someone has moved in with no lease and established residence. They've even established cable/internet service to the location. We initially thought they may have been the victim of a leas...