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Hello everyone! My name is Christopher Montoya and I am new to BP. I am an aspiring entrepreneur and I decided that real estate is what will get me to where I want to be in my life. As I was doing research online, I c...
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Hi, my name is Zane Bradshaw. I am 18 years old, finishing school in the next few months. I have a huge passion for entrepreneurship in general, I have owned many sole trading business in the school career and I just ...
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Hello BP Community-I am a recent college graduate from North Carolina A&T State University and new resident to the Seattle, WA area. I am new to real estate investing and would love to learn from a mentor that was...
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So we all know that Baltimore City certain areas are cheap. I have a simple question, should I invest there? I was looking at a TH, 3br, 1 bath for $17k. I was planning to rehab it and do a buy and hold with it. ...
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As the title states; How can the credibility and reliability of a syndicator be judged? What assurances does an investor have that the general partner won't "take the money and run"?Trying to avoid a Madoff ponzi sch...
Greetings from Austin, TX! I'm new to the forum and wanted to say hello and ask for y'alls advice. I work for a real estate wholesale company and am working as hard as I can to make a name for myself and make connecti...
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Since the end of 2005 has arrived, it is time to take stock of what we've all accomplished. Personally, I became way to busy to meet my investing goals - getting engaged just took everything out of me. Lets have a l...
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Hi all. I was wondering if anyone had a helpful spreadsheet that they used to analyze flips that they’d be willing to share. I’m in the process of buying my first flip and wanted to make sure that I accounted for ever...
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Hey everyone! Getting started is perhaps the hardest part of being a real estate investor. Everyone has different challenges and difficulties getting that first deal. I thought it would make a good topic for discussio...
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I went to a sheriff's sale auction in Sioux Falls, SD to learn the ropes. A property came up and the mortgagee didn't put in an opening bid. The sheriff took about an hour trying to get a hold of the party but ultim...