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Good afternoon everyone,
My name is Dan. I currently own a 2 unit flat under my name and renting one of the units. I plan on purchasing my next property this year by doing a cash out refinance to conventional loan on...
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I am a financial planner. Took all the CFP courses and passed the test. Very (VERY) little of the course material focused on real estate as an investment. Stocks, bonds, and insurance products were covered in detail (...
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Hey all, I have been around the bigger pockets for a while. An idea I have been thinking about for awhile is this: 10k to use on investing3k net incomeCurrently living at home with no expensesThere are some SFH 3+ Bed...
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I am a local contractor in the Houston area and im starting to run into a very bothersome problem. I sometimes sub out certain trades to do work for me and they always ask for money upfront. I dont ask for money upfro...
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Hi All,
My grandparents are both retired and owe about $36,063 on their current house. As you might imagine their monthly note is only about $600. It will sell for no less than about $200k. I am looking for advice o...
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Many of us enter the game of real estate investing with what I call a poverty mentality!
A poverty mentality is simply when one is focusing on what they do not have and in time this mentality can easily turn to greed...
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Should be closing on my first deal in a week, a duplex. I was trying to shop around for insurance... I tried to get 4 different quotes, only 2 agencies responded back to me... of the 2 that didn't, 1 of the agents w...
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Today my disabled parents woke up in their home to the kitchen fully engulfed in flames. They live in New Orleans and didn't have any insurance on the property because after Katrina, rates went so high they just coul...
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A few years ago I had bought into a cash flow system that introduced me to the note finding business. I started out going to the county recorders and collected leads and tried to find note holders. I didn't stick wi...
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Hey everyone,I've decided to start investing in real estate to diversify my investments, with a long-term goal of creating generational wealth for my family. Hoping to do some networking and learn more about the pros...