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Hello BP!I am Jeremy and I grew up in Dayton, Ohio but currently live in Washington state. I am looking to start investing in Dayton because I know the area as well as a lower cost of acquisition and ROI compared to W...
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What are everyone's thoughts on a HELOC? I am not a big fan of leveraging my personal residence(up to about 90%) but the numbers come out better using a HELOC vs hard money. The profit in the flip would only be around...
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I had renters in my property for about 8 months and they signed a 2 year lease contract. Then they told me in November they needed to break their lease and had to move. Her husband is in the military and came down her...
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Hello,
I purchased a new build in Frederick, MD about three years ago. It was my first home (still my only home) and my goal was to househack it until I was ready to leave the DC area. I had roommates paying about 75...
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How is this even possible? Look at the MLS stats for March 2020 in Jacksonville, Florida? If this was your only data, you would think we are doing well. I doubt April's data will look like this!Listing - flat Prices...
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Lessons Learned
Don’t be afraid to make mistakes
In Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell talks about the 10,000 Hour Rule. The principle holds that 10,000 hours of "deliberate practice" are needed to become world-class in an...
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Greetings, fellow Big Pocket Brethren,I was always told that talking about oneself was bad manners, but I suppose there are exceptions (this being one of them).I am a returning real estate investor. From 2012-2016, I ...
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Hi everyone! I'm very new to all of this. I'm almost finished with my FL real estate course (started it and in the middle found investing may be the way to go), have been reading like crazy on investing, flipping, reh...
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Enough lurking :)
I'm Josiah Swartz from Kalamazoo, MI. I work full-time as a camp director and have become enamored by the idea of real estate investing on the side. Once I started listening to real estate p...
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I got a lead yesterday on a 2/1/1200sqft home on .3 acres that's adjacent to a 4.75 acre parcel bought last year for $4 million to develop high end apartments. When I say "adjacent", I mean it actually borders the...