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I live near the Portland Metro area and my goal with real estate is to buy and hold to build passive income to replace the income from my job. I currently do not own any rentals and only have experience buying two pe...
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I have an investment property that I bought as my primary home awhile back in Bend, OR. I have $180K on the mortgage and since I bought pre-pandemic, the property has accrued a good amount of equity (I could likely se...
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I am a new aspiring real estate investor, who wants to specialize in Buy and Hold and other Rental Property Investing strategies. I have just started my journey, and I've read a good handful of some of the best books ...
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Hello BPers...
My name is John Elmenhe, I'm 15 years old and I'm going to begin investing in real estate the day I hit 18 years old by trying to wholesale properties. I'm going to begin working soon and I'm NOT goin...
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Can anyone tell me what qualifies as a legal bedroom in WA state?
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Do you guys have suggestions, advice, or comments on my strategy and my insight on REI??My Rundown:- My wife and I want to invest in Buy and Hold Single Family Homes for passive income to eventually retire. We are co...
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I want to pickup a second property, I am sold on the book, the method, I am learning so much. But I live in Seattle and houses are 600k. My current house is worth 650k, and I owe 404k on the loan. I don't have enough ...
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At first I thought I’m looking at too many properties – but – the properties I am finding are going quick. I start off with 5 and then 2 go to pending so it leaves me with 3. And in the course of a day another is lost...
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Hello everyone,
For a bit of context, new investor here. I have been doing all the research (podcasts, YouTube, books etc) the past 6 months. I am going to sell my primary residence and net over 100 thousand. I h...
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Hey, new investor in Chicago, IL. I wanted to know what 'next steps' people take after doing a lot of research. Do you begin: networking? saving funds? etc.Also, how did you do these things, went to events? budgeting?