Jeremy Schreiber
How to get started investing out of state
Hey everyone,I live in Silicon Valley, which means I really need to look at investing out of my home state. My dad lives in Phoenix, which is a growing market, and it seems like it could be a good place to start. Th...
David Sosna
So you want to make the neighborhood better, huh?
A big dilemma we are dealing with it gentrification and what it means to us. We want to invest in our own neighborhood for many reasons. We want to be close to our houses. We love it here. We love the mix of middle cl...
Evan T. Ong
I'm really uncomfortable with how my future will turn out.
After reading Dan Sheek's book, First to a Million, I've learned so much about personal finance and I'm thinking about my future life decisions (I'm 15 as of this post). But my parents are disputing the options that I...
Mark Douglas
Can I Stop Looking for Deals Now?
Obviously, there is some sarcasm there. Generally speaking though, there seems to be the consensus that in the next 2-5ish years, there will be some sort of market correction.In that same breath, it seems like there ...
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Getting Started In Pre-Construction Investing?
What is Preconstruction Investing?
In this post I’m going to show you what preconstruction investing is, and what it isn’t. It’s easily confused with other types of property sales (like timeshares, for example).
I...
Michelle Reid
How are you finding a multi family in a no supply market?
There seems to be zero inventory in our market. My husband and I have began an initial search for 4 unit muti-families in the North of Boston suburbs - Lowell, Methuen, Salem, Woburn. There are either no listings or t...
Kelly Choate
Should I be an investor-friendly real estate agent?
Hi everyone,Ok, here is today's question: I have seen a lot of posts on BP about "investor-friendly" real estate agents. Some people say that agents don't understand investing. Others say that agents won't waste their...
Account Closed
Zillow officially enters the house flipping business...
The full story is on Bloomberg.com here: Zillow wants to flip your house should you want to read all the details.For those with TLDR syndrome the gist of it is:Zillow has now joined the ranks of high tech real estate ...
Therese V.
What is cap rate?
What is a cap rate? Why do I want to know it? How do I determine it? What is a good one?
Robin Roundtree
Sell Primary Residence to Use Equity for Rentals?
Hi guys,
We have a home worth 650k, we owe 350,000 in a place where we couldn't afford to sell and buy another property (got in 2021, the 2.8% interest rate and before the crazy NW boom in Idaho.) We are stuck becaus...