Beau Benjamin
Buying a property from a spouse & Short Sale
I recently got married and upon the final details found out that my spouse's condo was behind on payments because she had accidentally let the insurance lapse and a pipe burst.I was just beginning my real estate/renta...
Dan Ross
Buying a short sale for personal residence
My wife and I just submitted an offer on a house here in Spokane that is being offered as a short sale. This would be our first home. The homeowners have a medical hardship and the bank, Ocwen, owns the first and se...
John Flanagan
Breaking the Comfort Zone: Investing Internationally
With real estate markets throughout the US continuing on the tear they've been on for quite a while I wanted to create a post about a topic I don't think is covered enough on Bigger Pockets, investing internationally....
Tess L.
Blueprint for New Overseas Investors
Hi All!
I wanted to spell out all the steps I went through in order to be functional as a real investor via a US company in America. I thought this list might be helpful for others who aren’t quite sure where to st...
Adam L.
HELP Leasing Office Space
Hello,
I own a 5 story office building in Chicago and am having a difficult time leasing it out. I purchased the building about a year ago 100% vacant and proceeded to throw about $750,000 into remodeling mostly the c...
Filipe Pereira
Satellite Installers SUCK!
I recently purchased this house. There are cable and phone lines running EVERYWHERE....it's like a spider web, but all over the place...What can I do to fix this? Can I "force" the installer to come out and do it prop...
Shiloh Lundahl
Investing Using Credit Cards: Good or Bad Idea?
When I got home last night I opened the mail and, like most other nights, received several credit card applications. Here are two of them:I have successfully used credit cards such as these in the past to buy real es...
Rona Faison
Anyone using a solo 401k for purchasing properties
Hello,
I have a solo 401k that I have not done much with but thought about using it to purchase buy and hold rental properties. I'm interested primarily in multi unit properties duplex to fourplex and would be looki...
Yvette B.
Basic, BASIC questions for REO investing
Hi there,
I've read all about what types of offers to make to banks for REOs, but I have questions on the most basic aspects of the offers:
1. HOW do you make an offer specifically? Do you call the listing agent an...
Account Closed
Unlicensed wholesale Ohio
Are there any unlicensed realtors/brokers in Ohio doing wholesale deals?I talked to a lawyer the other day about wholesaling, and I showed him a purchase and assignment contract, and he gave me the hammer.Here is our ...