Benjamin Kelley
Pay off student loan or save for real estate investing?
I wanted to know your take on what would be the best way to go. We are looking to flip our first house whenever we save up the funds. We will also be attending our first REI meeting next week to hopefully talk to pr...
Stephanie Gothart
Flip for First Time Buyers
Investment Info:
Single-family residence fix & flip investment.
Purchase price: $76,500
Cash invested: $47,500
Sale price: $185,000
This one was in my self directed IRA. It was a complete gut...
Mike Nelson
Swimming pool FINAL inspection NEVER closed, HUD home UGH!
I am in the process of buying a HUD home, and the title company informed me that the house I am buying never had the Final inspection closed on the swimming pool and it has been expired for 20 years. The house was b...
Rusty Glines
Assignment Contracts
I went to put in an offer on a package deal with a real estate agent. At first I just wanted to do a LOI, but they said they don't do that. So we proceeded to talk about the purchase offer. Of course, I am nervous ...
Kevin Harrison
Financial ecucation in schools? And why the lack of it buggs the hell out of me.
This a topic my family and I have discussed quite a bit and that bugs the hell out of me. Why is it that in schools nowadays we make our children learn 100's of years of history and complex mathematics that few outsid...
Daniel Hsieh
Struggle to sell this home
So this is my first flip to generate some capital for real estate investment.After finishing up with remodeling of the home, I decided to sell it myself through forsalebyowner.com so I can save agent fee and learn how...
Maurice Ilao
Buy N holding in low income/ high crime normal?
Hey everyone,I am obviously new here with my whopping 3 post in these forums but was wondering if buying in high crime/low income areas is normal for rental properties. I live in NY and these areas seem to be the onl...
Bobbi Martinez
Mission Statement
Hello!I'm quite new to BP and to real estate investing. I've not purchased my own first home, let alone an investment property. However, my goal is to learn all I can as I prepare to purchase my first property withi...
Linda T.
Still regret not putting an offer in a great property 5 years ago
I’m writing less about investing and more to get your thoughts about how to get over not making an offer five years ago on what turned out to be a great property.Story: I’m not an investor, but I accidentally became a...
Austin Tam
Insurance Claim against me
I had my property manager tear down a garage on one of my properties last year. In the process, the contractor damaged part of the neighbor's fence. The neighbor then filed a claim with their insurance company, Natio...