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Looking to gain insight and tips of the trade and educate myself as much as possible. Looking forward to connect with this great community, I've been on the podcasts for about 4 days now and I decided to join the forum.
Hi BP Community, For the buy and hold strategy, is it better to tie up all your cash and have one property cash flow, or to leverage a few properties with the same amount at 75% LTV?Nina
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I have been a Real Estate agent and broker for the past 15 years. Eight of those spent as a hard money lender ... Your Home Lending.com, until 2008.I am now acting as a sellers and buyers agent. I have a burning desir...
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Hello my name is Gabriel , Just got out of the military and looking to networking and learn real estate investing in all forms. Buying a home really made me think of owning multiple homes to rent out to peop...
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Lets say I flipped one property in 2014 and I am in the middle of another flip.In 2014 I bought a SFR X for 35K, put 30K (all in labor/material/holding costs + selling cost such as cost of closing attorney, escrow etc...
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Found a house that was pretty close to mine that's been abandoned for a long time and that I was going to try to wholesale. I checked the tax records and the address of the owner is the same address as the property an...
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I am Alysen from Utah. I am stepping into this foreign world of real estate investing. I have been trying to learn a little about flipping homes and building a rental property business for myself. I love the idea of t...
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I searched the forums but could not find this exact question.I borrowed from my 401k to use as a down payment on a rental property and now pay that back monthly with interest. I believe for 2017 anyway, I can claim th...
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My fiancé and I are looking to buy our first home this summer/fall in Lincoln Park or Lake View. Interested to new construction. Looking to buy a 3-4 bedroom place and from most places we have seen it will most likely...
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Hello everyone, my name is Dan Daley and I’m an aspiring real estate investor. I️ am a 22-year-old recent college grad, currently living at home on Long Island, NY and work in NYC as a Credit Analyst on Wall Street. H...