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I am thinking of renting my house out, and buying another closer to my job since real estate prices are a lot lower there than where I live now. I am just hoping to get some advice from some more experienced investors...
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Hello BP fam,
This is part success story / part seeking advice. And 100% complicated but that's real estate for ya.
I'm from southern Maine, living in southern Cali for the past 8 years. About 5 years ago, every ti...
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As I'm looking to buy my first rental, I've accumulated a solid list of 4-5 agents/brokers that fit my criteria (on paper). I've scheduled some time to talk to all of them to get a better sense of how their skill set ...
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Hello all! Just to give a bit of a background, I'm a pretty novice investor. I bought my home in 2010 when the 40k I was saving up for a downpayment was able to buy an entire property outright and have been house hack...
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Anyone cash out and /or stop contributing to a 401k in order to buy more properties? Curious how it went?
Thinking about utilizing the CARES ACT to pull 100k from my current 401k to purchase my first real estate investment property. There’s no 10% penalty right now and the tax pay back is three years. This has never happe...
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In another thread @Samantha M. asked me;
How did you ever get these accepted, and how did you know you could offer so low.
Here is a house we bought for $1,200 and wholesaled for $17,000
A...
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Hi Everyone,
There's a property I'm considering, a duplex. Currently one side is rented out to a long term renter (he's been there 10 years). He pays under market value and in fact negotiated a cheaper rent...
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Hello,
I was wondering if anyone here has expereince with Express Capital Financing and if they're legitimate and reliable.
Thank you.
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Hello,
I know this is not really investment related, but I will be closing on a primary residence property. The seller is asking for a “lease back” option for a few weeks since they need to find a place. Is this comm...