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How's everyone doing? Although this is not my first post, I've never introduced myself as an member. My name is Malcolm and I'm located in Laplace Louisiana. It's about 20 miles from New Orleans. I've been doing resea...
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pHello Everyone, I'm name is Charles and I'm currently located in Cincinnati, OH. I new to R.E. and I'm looking for help and ways to get started. My credit is not so good so I'm willing to save up my personal money to...
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Hello everyone!
My name is Kesha and I'm new to real estate. I currently work a traditional 9-5 for a chemical company (I have a computer science/software background.), and work part time for a realtor/real estate i...
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Hello everybody - I am a carpenter and my wife Molly and I are just starting out, trying to learn as much as possible before we find and buy a 4-plex with an FHA next fall. We are in our late 20's have a 3 month old d...
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I have made a few posts regarding my intentions down the road through real estate investing. I would eventually like to do rehab homes while managing my rentals. There has been much said for focusing on one thing and ...
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Hi BP members!
My name is Stephen and I am a recent college graduate working as an Engineer in SLO county on the central coast of CA. I have always said I want to work for myself one day and real estate inves...
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I've been bit hard by the real estate investing bug. I'm 28, living in Miami, FL. My "why" is a 2 part-er. Part 1: Time. I value my time over everything. I would like to start this journey to eventually earn my time ...
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Hi everyone, I’ve been trying to figure out how it’s possible to get financing for a first investment property when I already have my primary residence and it eats up my available DTI (I bought it before knowing anyth...
Well. I lost my job today. Nope, I didn't quit. I was laid off. I was working for a company called Gulfstream. They had to lay off 1,100 employees, and I was one of the unlucky chosen. So... What to do now?I really wa...
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Hi there! Looking for some advice, so I'll try to provide as much info as possible. My fiancée and I purchased our first home in 2017, and accidentally stumbled into about $125,000 of equity with it. It was a foreclos...