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Buying a condo in Southern California as a primary home, long term, house hack, BRRR, 1ST time, investment....1. What are possible pro/con of using/not using a real estate agent to close 1st deal? 2. Pro/con of usin...
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I'm not a fan of wholesalers - especially those that are unlicensed and make their living by stealing equity from sellers who are uninformed or so desperate that they have to take a bad deal to get out of a jam.Well, ...
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Hi. I’m trying to get advice on how I can determine whether i should keep my new condo for STR or sell it and purchase something in the US. I’m new at this and not sure which option is best long term. Appreciate any g...
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I have hard time finding a good vacation rental cleaning company in North Jersey.I called people on craigslist but the prices are quite high. In my area hosts are charging 25-50 dollars for cleaning. I didn't find nob...
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I'm looking into purchasing my very first turn-key investment property in Chicago with a company called Profit From Rentals. Does anyone here have any prior experience buying investment properties from this company...
I've been exploring two of the most popular free property management software. For those of you that are using the ones listed below, what are the pros and cons of each? Which one would you say is the best overall and...
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Hi guys and gals,
Just an interesting read I ran into. Thought I share...
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/should-you-pay-off-your-mortgage-2013-08-14?link=MW_popular
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Hey all,I am interested in passively investing in real estate via turnkey properties and wanted to get the BP community’s thoughts and recommendations on what turnkey provider to use and what market is best for both a...
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The Real Deal reports that rents are collapsing in some of America's biggest cities. The article does not specifically say this, but this is no doubt related to the fact that development has been concentrated for ten...
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There are a lot of properties listed in the marketplace in the horribly ghetto cities of New Jersey like Newark, Trenton, Elizabeth, Paterson, etc. Is there a market there? Are people actually looking to move into th...