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Hi BP community,Long time reader and investor here. I'm a bit new here, but I have had significant experience in the REI landscape and have run many flips and buy-and-holds in Seattle, Los Angeles, and internationally...
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When screening tenants, in addition to running a credit report, checking landlord references, and checking bad tenant databases I also try to check the applicant's social media accounts. Some people have their account...
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Like Gerry's earlier post, I was very reluctant to share my story. But now the time has come for me to share like Gerry so that no one else gets themselves in a bad deal with Scott or anyone else. I specifically wai...
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I am pursuing a 16 unit property in Kentucky. Other than speaking with a mortgage broker, almost all the local lenders (commercial) mentioned they would have a hard time servicing a loan of this type to an out of sta...
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Right now we just use our current one for informational purposes only. Most of our marketing is direct mail and many of our sellers first go to our website to learn more about us.
However, We want to graduate...
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I’ve recently inherited money and would like to try to set myself up with a steady income with it. I don’t work because I am disabled, and where I live has a lot of multi family houses for sale that average around $15...
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Hello All,
First off want to thank everyone for reading this post. I have been wanting to get into the real estate investment industry for a while now after I saved a decent amount for a down payment + rehab. I wante...
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Hi BP team!
I have an empty rental property in Houston TX that I am currently rehabbing. It will be done very soon and I am curious as to what options I have regarding the water. I opted out of turning it on during t...
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Hi My name is Alex I live in New Jersey. I understand pretty much everything about wholesaling, but i haven't done any deals yet. i was wondering, once i get my first property and a agreement of purchase signed from t...
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So, I started another thread just asking about the place I'm looking at. The long story short is this-Unless I find something horrifically wrong, the 10 unit apartment complex I'm looking at looks like a good value. F...