Planning on living in a duplex where we would have a negative CoC ROI and a negative cash flow for the first year. Only planning on living there for one year because of the FHA rules. From there, I estimate we would b...
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My end goal (or dream) is to do work in syndication deals because I want to help others by offering a way for them to invest in real estate instead of using excuses like they are too busy or too scared or too whatever...
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Has anyone seen this course? Something about obtaining private money and re-lending it at a higher rate. I would love to hear some reviews.
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I see a lot of questions about financing and starting out and thought this would be a good discussion to start.
Like the subject says, how did you finance you first deal?
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I’m from San Diego and went to school in LA. I’ll be moving to Pittsburgh late summer to start work in commercial real estate (lending). I joined BP to learn the residential side and I hope to dabble in private real e...
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Hi all, I am new to commercial. I interviewed one agent. He told me that in order for him to look for properties for me, I have to sign a contract with him so that he will be my sole agent. On top of that, he ch...
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Hello BP Team! Thank you for all your wonderful contributions thus far; I feel like I'm in good hands. I'd like to lay out my plans/concerns and see if anyone has any feedback I ought to be considering.I'm 30 y/o, no...
An older friend (close to 70) owns a rental that makes a small positive cash flow.
There is an existing mortgage of about $15K which he could pay, but has been saving that $15K (and more) for down payment when he fin...