Moshe H.
Egress and Fire Escapes and Stairs, oh my!
I'm very excited to have closed on my second MA investment property today. It's a doosie of a fixer-upper and I'm a long distance investor so I may be about to go through trial by fire but I hope it makes me stronger....
Gary Enderlin
Wholesaling or Buy and Hold in Fredericksburg Texas
I am interested in purchasing some investment property in Fredericksburg, Texas. I have built a list of absentee owners that I mailed out to yesterday. Fredericksburg is a small German that hosts hundreds of thousan...
David Finley
Don’t own my driveway on a SFH
My very first SFH I bought at an absolute auction in 2010. I went cause I never seen a house auction and figured I would watch. The House was a 2 bed 2 bath 1100 sq ft. I knew from my appraiser friends that I done co...
Ryan Culp
Merchant Mariner looking to start investing in TEXAS.
Good Morning Everyone,A little background on myself. My name is Ryan, I am 24 years old and looking to start investing in real estate. I graduated from Massachusetts Maritime Academy in 2016 with a Bachelors Degree i...
Alex Manley
Hello from The Fox Valley, Aurora, Illinois
Hello fellow BP users!My name is Alex Manley, and I am an aspiring real estate investor currently living in Saint Charles, Illinois. I found BP 6 months ago, and after binge reading endless blog posts, I figured it wa...
Jeff B.
The great CapRate Fallacy
CapRate is a derived number, not one on a PnL, Balance Sheet or COE Settlement Statement. It is a measure of the effectiveness your purchase.We all know the metrics NOI, PurchasePrice and CapRate and the math is trivi...
Account Closed
Multi-Family in Nashua vs. vacation rental in Joshua Tree
Hey everyone! I'm new around here :)My wife and I are getting ready to make our first purchase but we're torn between our two ideas... but also wondering if it's possible to do both in the same year.We're moving up to...
Randy K.
Night Owl In Arizona
Good day all,Figured I've held off long enough and should finally step out of the shadows, break out of my shell, get my foot in the door, etc. Thus far I've only perused the forums on occasion, following local contri...
Denis Chenard
Is it responsible to use a line of credit for a down payment?
I've recently gone down the rabbit hole of investing in real estate while attempting to join a friend as a partner on a deal. Sadly that deal did not work out. However, since the opportunity has presented itself, I'v...
Andrew Untersee
Some wouldn't call it an investment, but it's a start.
Well, I just signed the purchase agreement a couple days ago and if all goes according to plan then I will be a homeowner at the age of 26. Exciting, right? My friends seem to think so, and so does my fiance. Yet, for...